I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

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,...

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore...

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore...

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

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

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

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

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...

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does...

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does...

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

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

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...

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

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;...

The people to whom your fathers told of the living God, and taught to call...

The people to whom your fathers told of the living God, and taught to call...

With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was...

With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was...

Better to starve free than be a fat slave

Better to starve free than be a fat slave

As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark...

As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark...

Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.

Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.

Wisdom is the most-sought intellectual degree whose subjects are regularly learned throughout life with an...

Wisdom is the most-sought intellectual degree whose subjects are regularly learned throughout life with an...