Quotes by Samuel Johnson

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Language is the dress of thought.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

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

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.