It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

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.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect...

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of...

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of...

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is...

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

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...

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

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...

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a...

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a...