Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated a disputant, or provoked a faction

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

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...

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking...

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking...

The triumph of hope over experience

The triumph of hope over experience

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

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...

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

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

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

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

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

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers,...

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers,...