How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to be false? Few parents act in such a manner as much to enforce their maxims by the credit of their lives.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

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...

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk...

Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk...

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing...

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing...

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing...

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is...

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking...