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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

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...

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

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.

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

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...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done...

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done...

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

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

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

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

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

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

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...

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...

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what...

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what...

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion,...

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion,...