Samuel Johnson

What is easy is seldom excellent. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#excellent #seldom

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#life #london #much #seeing #seen

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#folly #keep #others #secret #wisdom

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#chains #felt #habit #strong #too

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#between #cannot #difference #falsehood #gold

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#benefits #gratitude #impatient #inferiority #minds

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#fondness #kindness #our #power

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#counsel #despair #determination #diligence #few

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

— Samuel Johnson

#always #eye #know #may #never

Actions are visible, though motives are secret. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#motives #secret #though #visible