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It is observed of gold, by an old epigrammatist, that to have it is to be in fear, and to want it is to be in sorrow.

It is observed of gold, by an old epigrammatist, that to have it is to be in fear, and to want it is to be in sorrow.

Samuel Johnson
Fear, Sorrow, Gold
"The Rambler".

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil.

Samuel Johnson
Fear, Evil
Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1801). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.”, p.353

Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.

Samuel Johnson
Fear, Women, Thinking
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1786). “Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales”, p.257

Fear naturally quickens the flight of guilt.

Samuel Johnson
Fear, Guilt, Flight
Samuel Johnson, A.F. Neuwieller (1857). “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale”, p.12

Timidity is a disease of the mind, obstinate and fatal; for a man once persuaded that any impediment is insuperable has given it, with respect to himself, that strength and weight which it had not before.

Samuel Johnson
Fear, Men, Mind
Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.153

He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel.

Samuel Johnson
Fear, Wind, Storm
Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1811). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes”, p.118

A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing but spires of temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence of splendour, grandeur, and magnificence; but when we have passed the gates, we find it perplexed with narrow passages, disgraced with despicable cottages, embarrassed with obstructions, and clouded with smoke.

Samuel Johnson
Fear, Book, Writing
Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.13

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