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 minds to which tyranny is not delightful

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

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

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

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done...

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

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...

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.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

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...

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him...

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual...

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual...

The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it...

The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it...

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon...

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon...