Samuel Johnson Quotes on Knowledge
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This world, where much is to be done and little to be known.
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Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
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Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanicks laughs at strength.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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.'
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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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.
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Greek, sir, is like lace; every man gets as much of it as he can.