Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterwards propagate itself

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of...

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

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...

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

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....

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; That word is...

For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate...

For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate...