Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love,...

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love,...

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

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

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...

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

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...

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either...

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles,...

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles,...

Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.

Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.