A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Avarice is always poor

Avarice is always poor

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some...

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some...

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

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...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

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....

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

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

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted,...

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted,...

If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it...

If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it...

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...