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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

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...

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

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...

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some...

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some...

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

No man was ever great by imitation.

No man was ever great by imitation.

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

Its not what you do, its how you do what you do!

Its not what you do, its how you do what you do!

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.