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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

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

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

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a...

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a...

What ills from beauty spring

What ills from beauty spring

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

The great source of pleasure is variety

The great source of pleasure is variety

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

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

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

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as...

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as...

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...