Round numbers are always false

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

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

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

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and...

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and...

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly:...

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly:...

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

Love is only one of many passions.

Love is only one of many passions.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided...

All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...