Samuel Johnson

It is man’s own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age.

Samuel Johnson

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

Samuel Johnson

It is necessary to the success of flattery, that it be accommodated to particular circumstances or characters, and enter the heart on that side where the passions are ready to receive it.

Samuel Johnson

It is not easy to surround life with any circumstances in which youth will not be delightful.

Samuel Johnson

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

Samuel Johnson

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.

Samuel Johnson

It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery.

Samuel Johnson

It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read, if they can have any thing else to amuse them.

Samuel Johnson

It is the care of a very great part of mankind to conceal their indigence from the rest. They support themselves by temporary expedients, and every day is lost in contriving for to-morrow.

Samuel Johnson

It is the doom of laziness and gluttony to be inactive without ease, and drowsy without tranquility.

Samuel Johnson