I have ever since (his wife's death) seemed to myself broken off from mankind; a kind of solitary wanderer in the wild of life, without any direction, or fixed point of view: a gloomy gazer on the world to which…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part...

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part...

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

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...

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it...

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it...

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

That annoying moment when you insult a guy and they have the nerve to copy...

That annoying moment when you insult a guy and they have the nerve to copy...

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe;...

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe;...

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a...

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a...