Samuel Johnson Quotes
Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable. Exercise is labor without weariness. Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life. Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them. He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade. He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else. He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. He who praises everybody, praises nobody. He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed. I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just. I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance. I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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