Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

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...

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

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 had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

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

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

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...

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

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.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.