All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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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...

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

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

Marriage, Sir, is much more necessary to a man than to a woman; for he...

Marriage, Sir, is much more necessary to a man than to a woman; for he...

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

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...

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

In all pleasure hope is a considerable part

In all pleasure hope is a considerable part

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what...

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what...

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...