A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

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

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is...

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is...

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

The commercial world is very frequently put into confusion by the bankruptcy of merchants, that...

The commercial world is very frequently put into confusion by the bankruptcy of merchants, that...

You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.

You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.

If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't...

If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't...