He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

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

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 knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

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...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things

Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

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...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

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

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear 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...

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not...

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not...

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.

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

Literature bores me, especially great literature

Literature bores me, especially great literature

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...