Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Avarice is always poor

Avarice is always poor

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

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...

Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

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...

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...

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

Marriage, Sir, is much more necessary to a man than to a woman; for he...

Marriage, Sir, is much more necessary to a man than to a woman; for he...

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

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.

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.