The first years of man make provision for the last.
More Quotes from Samuel Johnson:
Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain.Samuel Johnson
The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.
Samuel Johnson
To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence with which the world is not yet acquainted and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt
Samuel Johnson
Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. . . . He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a critic.
Samuel Johnson
Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform, and distinct
Samuel Johnson
Scarcely anything awakens attention like a tale of cruelty. The writer of news never fails to tell how the enemy murdered children and ravished virgins.
Samuel Johnson
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Man QuotesIt's great when you have people who will speak passionately and honestly about what they are doing.
Samantha Bee
I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
Ben Harper
We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd.
Jean Henri Fabre