Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favorable to virtue. Re >>

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. >>

He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the win >>

Quotations about Coward and Cowardice

A coward is a hero with a wife, kids, and a mortgage. >>

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare. >>

To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. >>

I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl; let him come out as I do, and bark.

Johnson, Samuel