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"61 Samuel Johnson Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 18 September 1709. Died: 13 December 1784 | Writer | Poet |

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

Conversation Does Had He
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There are charms made only for distant admiration.

Admiration Charms Distant Made
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There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

Between Both Cannot Distance
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No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

Autumn Flowers Fruits He
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Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Cannot Life Reciprocal Society
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

Away Because Forgive Haste
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It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

Advance Always Eye Know
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

Good He Him Inclination
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.

Advantages Better Carries Countries
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The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

Book Greatest Half Library
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

Converse Desire He Man
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Samuel Johnson Quotes & Sayings