A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

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

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

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted...

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted...

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

I have ever since (his wife's death) seemed to myself broken off from mankind; a...

I have ever since (his wife's death) seemed to myself broken off from mankind; a...

They make a rout about universal liberty, without considering that all that is to be...

They make a rout about universal liberty, without considering that all that is to be...

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...

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...

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

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...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing...

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing...

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated...

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated...

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and...

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and...

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define...

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define...