It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

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 attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

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.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

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

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

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth...

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth...

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...