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Samuel Johnson Quotes

«Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those we cannot resemble»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: absurdity
«There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer)
«All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Freedom | Keywords: freedom of the will
«Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: celerity, employment
«Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Politics | Keywords: laughable, schemes
«The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: delayed, impart, labors, take of
«We consider ourselves as defective in memory, either because we remember less than we desire, or less than we suppose others to remember»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer)
«To do nothing is in every man's power»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer)
«The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Criticism | Keywords: asperity, quickness
«Nature has given women so much power that the law has wisely given them little»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer)
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