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

Topics: Children Quotes, Eyes Quotes, Family Quotes, Parents Quotes

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will...

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will...

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...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may...

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may...

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

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...

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits

I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

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,...

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.