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Samuel Johnson Quotes about Travel

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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

Wise, Travel, Passion

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1799). “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.103

A man's mind grows narrow in a narrow place.

Travel, Men, Mind

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1866). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.165

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.

Country, Gratitude, Travel

Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi, James Boswell (1828). “The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous: to which are Now Added Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Works of Mrs. Piozzi;--his Life, Recently Published by Mr. Boswell, and Other Authentic Testimonies; Also His Will, and the Sermon He Wrote for the Late Doctor Dodd”, p.278

Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see.

Travel, Journey, Inspiring Travel

Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 12 Oct. 1779)

He that would travel for the entertainment of others should remember that the great object of remark is human life.

Travel, Entertainment, Remember

Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi, James Boswell (1787). “The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...”, p.264

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Inspirational, Nature, Travel

Samuel Johnson (1812). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes”, p.318

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

Travel, World, London

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides”, p.429

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

Travel, Men, Inferiority

In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 3, p. 36 (11 April 1776)

The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality.

Travel, Reality, Imagination

Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc”, p.104

Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life.

Travel, Views, Toil

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1837). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.548

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Travel, Jail, Sailing

Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 16 Mar. 1759)

When a Man is tried of London, he is tired of life.

Travel, Tired, Men

The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it.

Travel, London, Has Beens

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.66

Ancient travelers guessed; modern travelers measure.

Travel, Ancient, Modern

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides”, p.195

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

Travel, Home, Men

In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 3, p. 302 (17 April 1778)

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