It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

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

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

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Those that have loved longest love best.

Those that have loved longest love best.

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

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,...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

Judgment is forced upon us by experience

Judgment is forced upon us by experience

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.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

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...

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...