It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

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...

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

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...

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

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

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery, it's the sincerest form of learning.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery, it's the sincerest form of learning.

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...