Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Piety practiced in solitude, like the flower that blooms in the desert >>

It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human ple >>

He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great. >>

Quotations about Humankind

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his >>

Man is a substance clad in shadows. >>

[Three classes of people]: Those who see. Those who see when t >>

I hate mankind, for I think of myself as one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

Johnson, Samuel