No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library; for who can see the wall crowded on every side by mighty volumes, the works of laborious meditations and accurate inquiry, now scarcely…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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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...

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

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...

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying...

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

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.

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his...

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his...

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.

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.