How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to be false? Few parents act in such a manner as much to enforce their maxims by the credit of their lives.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

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 true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that...

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that...

Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole...

Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of...

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of...

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

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

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

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

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...

The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing...

The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing...

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.