Samuel Johnson Quotes About Society

• There is no crime more infamous than the violation of truth. It is apparent that men can be social beings no longer than they believe each other. When speech is employed only as the vehicle of falsehood, every man must disunite himself from others, inhabit his own cave and seek prey only for himself.

  Samuel Johnson

  Believe, Men, Society

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1834). “Murphy's essay. The rambler. The adventurer. The idler. Rasselas. Tales of the imagination. Letters. Irene. Miscellaneous poems”, p.375

• It is our first duty to serve society.

  Samuel Johnson

  Society, Firsts, Duty

  In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 10 (February 1766)

• In civilized society we all depend upon each other, and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind.

  Samuel Johnson

  Society, Owing, Opinion

  Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). “The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals”, p.119

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