Most men think indistinctly, and therefore cannot speak with exactness…

Samuel Johnson
884 citations
Most men think indistinctly, and therefore cannot speak with exactness . . . ✨ Samuel Johnson (1827). Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous Corrections and with the Addition of Several Thousand Works and Also with Addition to the History of the Language and to the Grammar by H.J. Todd, p.11
Thought
24

More Author Quotes

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750 … ▶
Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great. ✨ Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 28 Mar. 1775)
That there is something in advice very useful and salutary, seems to be equally confessed on all hands; since even those that reject it, allow for the most part that rejection to be wrong, but charge … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes