The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
— Samuel Johnson
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
— Samuel Johnson
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
— Samuel Johnson
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of everything.
— Samuel Johnson
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
— Samuel Johnson
Shame arises from the fear of man conscience from the fear of God.
— Samuel Johnson
That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition no vanity but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.
— Samuel Johnson
John Wesley's conversation is good but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.
— Samuel Johnson
Every man who attacks my belief diminishes in some degree my confidence in it and therefore makes me uneasy and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
— Samuel Johnson
Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected even when it is associated with vice.
— Samuel Johnson
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
— Samuel Johnson
The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls.
— Samuel Johnson