Samuel Johnson Quotes about Power

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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.

Samuel Johnson

Power, Government, Long

Samuel Johnson (1966). “Johnsonian miscellanies”, Constable

A thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope.

Samuel Johnson

Power, Men, Years

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.38

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.

Samuel Johnson

Inspirational, Power, Expectations

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.

Samuel Johnson

Happiness, Pride, Power

Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.224

Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.

Samuel Johnson

Power, Envy, May

Samuel Johnson (2009). “Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings”, p.58, Harvard University Press

To do nothing is in everyone's power.

Samuel Johnson

Power, Progress, Originality

When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.

Samuel Johnson

Power, Anxiety, Mind