By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futurity, and perplex the...

To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futurity, and perplex the...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

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

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

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

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...

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him...

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him...

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...