Quote by Samuel Johnson

What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.

What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to ov

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of not allowing insults or offenses to affect us negatively. Regardless of the intention behind the insult, it is advised to simply ignore it. The quote suggests that responding with resentment or anger to foolish insults is unwarranted, as foolishness should not arouse strong emotions. Additionally, it indicates that purposeful malice can be effectively countered by simply neglecting and not giving importance to it. Ultimately, the quote advocates for the power of overlooking insults and not letting them have a lasting impact on one's emotions or well-being.

Topics

Revenge

By Samuel Johnson

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Thou unassuming common-place of Nature, with that homely fac

Thou unassuming common-place of Nature, with that homely face.

William Wordsworth

Ordinary

We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes o

We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes.

Konstantin Stanislavisky

Conversation

There's one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utt

There's one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises.

Terry Pratchett

Humor Funny Environment Beauty In Nature Good Omens

Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having

Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really talk that much about work. He comes into my bit of the house every so often to vent but we don't really have very high, cultured conversations.

Helena Bonham Carter

Business

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup.

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

Experience Life Advice Variety Wine

Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriag

Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriage will result in thousands of parties to heterosexual marriages suddenly deciding to get divorced so they can marry a person of the same sex?

Malcolm Turnbull

Marriage

My friends are always conscious of what people think of them

My friends are always conscious of what people think of them. As though life is something that has an audience.

Life Friends Conscious Audience What People Think

He that keepeth the law of the Lord getteth the understandin

He that keepeth the law of the Lord getteth the understanding thereof: and the perfection of the fear of the Lord is wisdom.

All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the s

All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life.

Legacy

I don't think business news is just for old white men with m

I don't think business news is just for old white men with money.

If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, i

If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation?

Humor Funny

Can human folly harbour a more arrogant or ungrateful though

Can human folly harbour a more arrogant or ungrateful thought than the notion that whereas God makes man beautiful in body, man makes himself pure in heart?

Augustine of Hippo

Beauty Purity Human Folly