Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and...

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and...

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

Reason and truth will prevail at last

Reason and truth will prevail at last

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

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

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

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

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...

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

When we make mistakes they call it evil

When we make mistakes they call it evil

Our greatest evil flows from ourselves

Our greatest evil flows from ourselves