I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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It is no less a proof of eminence to have many enemies than many friends

It is no less a proof of eminence to have many enemies than many friends

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I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they...

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...

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...

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying...

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying...

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

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

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so...

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...