Quotes by Samuel Johnson

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

#Art, #Life, #Opportunity

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

#Poverty

This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confess'd,- Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd

#Poverty

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of...

#Poverty

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

#Power, #Truth

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

#Pain

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

#Pain

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

#Praise

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

#Praise

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present

#Praise

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

#Praise

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

#Happiness, #Past