He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

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...

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward...

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

The great source of pleasure is variety

The great source of pleasure is variety

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

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.

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.