Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

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...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary;...

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary;...

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.

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

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...

A jest breaks no bones

A jest breaks no bones

We make everything funny, you wouldn't believe the things we laugh at. We're always laughing-people...

We make everything funny, you wouldn't believe the things we laugh at. We're always laughing-people...

Better lose a jest than a friend

Better lose a jest than a friend