11 Samuel Johnson Quotes on Knowledge

Samuel Johnson quotes on knowledge

19. This world, where much is to be done and little to be known.

22. Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.

27. I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

40. Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?

82. Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanicks laughs at strength.

86. Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

114. A lady once asked him how he came to define Pastern the knee of a horse: instead of making an elaborate defence, as she expected, he at once answered, 'Ignorance, Madam, pure ignorance.'

141. A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

143. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

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.

178. Greek, sir, is like lace; every man gets as much of it as he can.