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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

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...

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

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;...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

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

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

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...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance, endurance brings...

We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance, endurance brings...

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....