Quotes By Samuel Johnson

The true art of memory is the art of attention. by Samuel Johnson

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. by Samuel Johnson

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. by Samuel Johnson

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. by Samuel Johnson

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. by Samuel Johnson

The world is seldom what it seems to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. by Samuel Johnson

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes. by Samuel Johnson

Exercise is labor without weariness. by Samuel Johnson

All theory is against freedom of the will all experience for it. by Samuel Johnson

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. by Samuel Johnson

The future is purchased by the present. by Samuel Johnson

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. by Samuel Johnson