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

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

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...

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

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...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a...

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that...

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of...

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of...