A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits

I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

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...

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

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

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

The insolence of wealth will creep out

The insolence of wealth will creep out

The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know...

The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know...

If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated.

If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated.