Samuel Johnson Quotes

"It is surprising how people will go to a distance for what they may have at home." ~ Samuel Johnson

"A man will turn over half a library to make one book." ~ Samuel Johnson

"Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?" ~ Samuel Johnson

"Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen." ~ Samuel Johnson

"Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments." ~ Samuel Johnson

"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance." ~ Samuel Johnson

"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." ~ Samuel Johnson

"Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. "~ Samuel Johnson

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." ~ Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson Quotes.