Money confounds subordination

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated...

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated...

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted...

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

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...

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

I love the development of our music, that's what I really dig about the whole...

I love the development of our music, that's what I really dig about the whole...

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior