Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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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...

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did...

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did...

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

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...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

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;...

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

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

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

Tiger is the best athlete that this level of golf has seen. He's lean, he's...

Tiger is the best athlete that this level of golf has seen. He's lean, he's...

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises....

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises....