Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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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...

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

What ills from beauty spring

What ills from beauty spring

In all pleasure hope is a considerable part

In all pleasure hope is a considerable part

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

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...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

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.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

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...

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...

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

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...

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in...

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in...

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part...

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part...