Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

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...

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

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.

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of...

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of...

The future is purchased by the present.

The future is purchased by the present.

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

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...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Money cannot buy happiness.

Money cannot buy happiness.

Life has so many great options but you don't have to pick what seems to...

Life has so many great options but you don't have to pick what seems to...