Quotes by Samuel Johnson

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

#Ignorance, #Pride, #Stupidity

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

#Vice, #Virtue

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

#Manners, #Violence

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

#Vision

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

#Peace, #War

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

#Wine

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

#Work

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

#World

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

#Writers

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

#Writers

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

#Writers

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

#Sorrow