If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them derive their whole pleasure from each other, they would inevitably fall in love, as it is called, with each other; but at six months end…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

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

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 am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

Avarice is always poor

Avarice is always poor

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

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

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

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

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

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

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

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...

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

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...

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either...

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either...

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...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...