Exercise is labor without weariness.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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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...

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.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

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...

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

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...

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a...

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

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...

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

God made woman beautiful and foolish; beautiful, that man might love her; and foolish, that...

God made woman beautiful and foolish; beautiful, that man might love her; and foolish, that...

All's fair in love and war.

All's fair in love and war.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.