Samuel Johnson Knowledge Quotes

What did Samuel Johnson say about Knowledge?

Samuel Johnson has written many quotes about Knowledge. E.g.,

• Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.
• He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
• Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

What are the top most famous Knowledge quotes by Samuel Johnson?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Knowledge by Samuel Johnson.

• Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.
• He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
• Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
• Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
• Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.