Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson View this quote
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel Johnson
Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed. Samuel Johnson
I am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice. Samuel Johnson
I believe it will be found that those who marry late are best pleased with their children; and those who marry early, with their partners. Samuel Johnson
I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. Samuel Johnson
I have already enjoyed too much; give me something to desire. Samuel Johnson
I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance. Samuel Johnson
I would advise no man to marry who is not likely to propagate understanding. Samuel Johnson
I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits. Samuel Johnson
English poet, biographer, essayist, lexicographer
September 18th, 1709 - December 13th, 1784