Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary; to men of real science, they are tools: but more are tools to them.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

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.

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...

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

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

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...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to...

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from...

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus...

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus...

If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you...

If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you...