No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of...

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of...

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.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the...

It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the...

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

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

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

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

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

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy...

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy...

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.