More From Samuel Johnson
- "It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see."
- "The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope."
- "To love one that is great, is almost to be great one’s self."
More In Great
- "To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- "Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- "I love technology. We can be our own DJs wherever we go."― Ludacris