Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

No man is much regarded by the rest of the world. He that considers ho >>

Prejudice not being funded on reason cannot be removed by argument. >>

If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, >>

Quotations about Pity

Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing. >>

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not c >>

God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of >>

If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.

Johnson, Samuel