Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass. >>

He may justly be numbered among the benefactors of mankind, who contra >>

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates hi >>

Quotations about Poverty and The Poor

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face. >>

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a gr >>

Who ever mocks the poor insults his maker; and he that is glad at cala >>

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow.

Johnson, Samuel