No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things

Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing...

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing...

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...

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the...

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

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...

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

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.

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

Your ignorance cramps my conversation

Your ignorance cramps my conversation

I wish you would just swallow your damn pride for once and admit that you...

I wish you would just swallow your damn pride for once and admit that you...

Stupidity is evil waiting to happen.

Stupidity is evil waiting to happen.

When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all...

When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all...