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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A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

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...

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

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...

Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of...

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of...

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted,...

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted,...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

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

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

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to...

Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to...

Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning 'lousy hunter'

Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning 'lousy hunter'