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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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him...

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him...

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

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...

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other...

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other...

A jest breaks no bones

A jest breaks no bones

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

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,...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

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...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and...

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and...

Those that have loved longest love best.

Those that have loved longest love best.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst...

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst...

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation,...

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation,...

It is good to know that the character of a person is best understood by...

It is good to know that the character of a person is best understood by...

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am...

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am...

I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose...

I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose...