He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of...

Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

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...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

There is no doubt that someone who tries to throw a curve or pitch at...

There is no doubt that someone who tries to throw a curve or pitch at...