Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not...

Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not...

Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some...

Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some...

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...

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

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

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals...

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.

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

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...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

Tonight the city is full of morgues, and all the toilets are overflowing. There's shopping...

Tonight the city is full of morgues, and all the toilets are overflowing. There's shopping...

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if...

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if...