Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is also the subject of "the most famous single biographical work in the whole of literature," James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth18 September 1709
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.
The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking
What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see.
Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.
Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.