Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

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.

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even...

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even...

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

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...

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

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...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.