Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

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

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious; and he that becomes suspicious will quickly...

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious; and he that becomes suspicious will quickly...

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to...

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to...

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

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

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

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

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...

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...

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...

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

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...

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till...

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till...

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.