Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a...

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a...

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may...

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may...

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped....

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped....