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Samuel Johnson Quotes

English - Author | September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

Good Great Will Never Anything Deal

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.

Library Vanity Place More Human

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.

Birthday Me Thoughts Care Remember

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

Happiness Animal Equality Human Than

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

Best Better Watches Go True Worst

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

Life Human Human Life Little State

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

Money Man Except Ever Wrote

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Good Money Giving Doing Luxury You

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Truth Power Evidence Sufficient

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Wisdom Others Secret Expect Keep

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

Life Excellence Pursuit Who Easier

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Art Memory Attention True True Art

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