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Samuel Johnson Quotes about Wisdom

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In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Wisdom, Truth, Learning

Samuel Johnson (1782). “The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, Accurately Extracted from the Works of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and Arranged in Alphabetical Order, After the Manner of the Duke de la Roche-Foucault's Maxims”, p.69

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Positive, Leadership, Wisdom

The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.

Wisdom, Knowledge, Knowing

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

Wisdom, Retirement, Riches

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (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.291

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Wisdom, Writing, Procrastination

Statement on April 14, 1775. "Life of Samuel Johnson". Book by James Boswell. Volume II, 1791.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Wisdom, Keeping Secrets, Kept Secrets

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.

Wisdom, Politics, Poverty

Samuel Johnson, Roger H. Lonsdale (2006). “Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets”, p.117, Oxford University Press

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.

Wisdom, Law, Acting

Quoted in Heather Lynch Piozzi, Anecdotes of ...Johnson (1786)

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

Wisdom, Reflection, Men

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Wisdom, Courage, Passion

Samuel Johnson (1825). “The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].”, p.304

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

Wise, Wisdom, Knowledge

Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”

In questions of law or of fact conscience is very often confounded with opinion. No man's conscience can tell him the rights of another man; they must be known by rational investigation or historical inquiry.

Wisdom, Men, Rights

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1832). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius”, p.587

All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.

Wisdom, Freedom, Free Will

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.

Wisdom, Sorrow, Useless

Samuel Johnson (1816). “A Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, in the Year 1774”, p.152

He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.

Wise, Wisdom, Men

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, Alexander Chalmers (1810). “The idler”, p.229

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