All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Avarice is always poor

Avarice is always poor

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

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

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

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

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...

Claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to be...

Claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to be...

Those that have loved longest love best.

Those that have loved longest love best.

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

By profession I am a Soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am...

By profession I am a Soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am...

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life...

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life...