For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed their existence; it requires what it cannot hope, that the laws of the universe should…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did...

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did...

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly...

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly...

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune

Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries...

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries...

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how...

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how...

Love is only one of many passions.

Love is only one of many passions.

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on...

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on...

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to...

He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to...

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

You've been gone so long from all that you know. It's been shuffled aside as...

You've been gone so long from all that you know. It's been shuffled aside as...

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness...

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness...

Time is the great art of man.

Time is the great art of man.