![A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8771p262.jpg)
Quotes by Samuel Johnson about Man
60 quotes by Samuel Johnson about man
Samuel Johnson English author
![A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8771p262.jpg)
![A man is in general better pleased when he has a good...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8769p197.jpg)
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man
![A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8770p12.jpg)
![A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8772p38.jpg)
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man
![A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8773p265.jpg)
A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man
![A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8774p263.jpg)
A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
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![A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8775p122.jpg)
A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man
![A man will turn over half a library to make one book.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8776p117.jpg)
![A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8777p116.jpg)
![A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8778p80.jpg)
![Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8780p95.jpg)
Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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![Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8788p169.jpg)
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man
![Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8790p107.jpg)
![Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8799p98.jpg)
Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man
![Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8800p169.jpg)
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man
![Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8808p90.jpg)
![Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-8809p114.jpg)
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man