It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any effect other than that of producing a moral sentence or peevish exclamation

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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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...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

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...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

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,...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

No man heartily hates him at who he can laugh

No man heartily hates him at who he can laugh

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.

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...