Samuel Johnson

The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.

Samuel Johnson

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Samuel Johnson

The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.

Samuel Johnson

The world is not yet exhausted: let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before.

Samuel Johnson

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.

Samuel Johnson

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

Samuel Johnson

There are in every age new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.

Samuel Johnson

There are occasions on which all apologies are rudeness.

Samuel Johnson

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

Samuel Johnson

There is no book so poor that it would not be a prodigy if wholly made by a single man.

Samuel Johnson