Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

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...

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done,...

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done,...

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals...

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

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...

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

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

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

About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be...

About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be...

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.