Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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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...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is...

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is...

Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and...

Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and...

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as...

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual...

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.