He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

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

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

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either...

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Judgment is forced upon us by experience

Judgment is forced upon us by experience

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

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...

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

Having those weird conversations with your best friends and thinking if anyone heard us right...

Having those weird conversations with your best friends and thinking if anyone heard us right...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...