Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

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

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

Hope is itself a species of happiness and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...