Avarice is always poor

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore...

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is...

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is...

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...

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

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...

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done,...

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done,...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

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...

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.

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

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...

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him...

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him...