Quote #7915
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary...
Category Archives: Samuel Johnson
Quote #7931
As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which...
Quote #7947
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates...
Quote #7963
Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it...
Quote #7979
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor but even supposing knowledge to be...
Quote #7916
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself. +20
Quote #7932
An intellectual improvement arises from leisure. 0-4
Quote #7948
The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great...
Quote #7964
Self confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 0-4
Quote #7980
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into...