If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

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

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

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation

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 love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may...

Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may...

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...

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

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...

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.