Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

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

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

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

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

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing...

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing...

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...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

I like power and I like to use it.

I like power and I like to use it.

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...