Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Love is only one of many passions.

Love is only one of many passions.

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,...

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

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...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking...

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking...

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...

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will...

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

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...

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Good habits result from resisting temptation

Good habits result from resisting temptation