Pages

00245--The Best 10 Quotes of Samuel Johnson [English literature free notes]


1.      Man is a tool-making animal.
2.      As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the tailor, so I take my religion from the priest.
3.      Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
4.      It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
5.      Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
6.      Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.
7.      The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
8.      Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
9.      Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.
10.  If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.