I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Cheating Quotes

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

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...

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

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

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

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...

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

The great source of pleasure is variety

The great source of pleasure is variety

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not...

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not...

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

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...

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...

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...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not...

I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not...