Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

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

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

Money confounds subordination.

Money confounds subordination.

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...

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

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...

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

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...

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

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...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation