Famous Quotes by Samuel Johnson

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

Samuel Johnson

“He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.”

Samuel Johnson

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Samuel Johnson

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

Samuel Johnson