JOHNSON, SAMUEL : Nothing at all will be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : Words are but the signs of ideas. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : Adversity is the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free from admirers than. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : Adversity is the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free from admirers then. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth. (Samuel Johnson, English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert it only irritates. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

JOHNSON, SAMUEL : Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)