Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. >>

Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young. >>

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has >>

Quotations about Idleness

Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name. >>

Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and le >>

It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all. >>

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

Johnson, Samuel