5 Samuel Johnson Quotes on Growth

Samuel Johnson quotes on growth

52. Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

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

116. Towering is the confidence of twenty-one.

166. As the Spanish proverb says, 'He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

200. Sir, I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.