There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the...

It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the...

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries...

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

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...

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

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...

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Round numbers are always false

Round numbers are always false

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...

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

No man was ever great by imitation.

No man was ever great by imitation.

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...