Samuel Johnson Quotes about Perfection

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If we require more perfection from women than from ourselves, it is doing them honor.

If we require more perfection from women than from ourselves, it is doing them honor.

Samuel Johnson

Women, Perfection, Honor

Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity.

Samuel Johnson

Perfection, Humanity, Religion

Samuel Johnson (2014). “The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume I: 1731-1772”, p.269, Princeton University Press

It is the condition of our present state to see more than we can attain; the exactest vigilance and caution can never maintain a single day of unmingled innocence.

Samuel Johnson

Writing, Ideas, Perfection

"The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D". Book by John Hawkins, 1787.

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

Samuel Johnson

Eye, Perfection, May

"The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes". Volume III,

The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener is necessary to the accommodation of all those who desire to be confirmed in the opinion of their own wisdom: a patient listener, however, is not always to be had; the present age, whatever age is present, is so vitiated and disordered, that young people are readier to talk than to attend, and good counsel is only thrown away upon those who are full of their own perfections.

Samuel Johnson

People, Perfection, Advice

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1811). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes”, p.174