He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and...

Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and...

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of...

Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some...

Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some...

Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...

Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Money confounds subordination.

Money confounds subordination.

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done,...

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done,...

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Clear your mind of cant.

Clear your mind of cant.

Running is a big question mark thats there each and every day. It asks you,...

Running is a big question mark thats there each and every day. It asks you,...

The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!

The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!

Stop thinking about the past, and dont worry too much about whats going to happen...

Stop thinking about the past, and dont worry too much about whats going to happen...