Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. – Samuel Johnson
You cant be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute whos for you and whos against you. – Samuel Johnson
The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue. – Samuel Johnson
Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence. – Samuel Johnson