Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Reason and truth will prevail at last

Reason and truth will prevail at last

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things

Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things

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...

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so...

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so...

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying...

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying...

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst...

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst...

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

The great source of pleasure is variety

The great source of pleasure is variety

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

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...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

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

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

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's...

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's...

You never realize how weird your friends are until you start to describe them to...

You never realize how weird your friends are until you start to describe them to...

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of...

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of...