Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Life Quotes, Society Quotes

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

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...

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

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...

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is...

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

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

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

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

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...

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...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise...

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise...