Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted w >>

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, >>

For who is pleased with himself. >>

Quotations about Praise

Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to the >>

If you treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and co >>

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the p >>

A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them.

Johnson, Samuel