Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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A jest breaks no bones

A jest breaks no bones

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

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

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

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 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...

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the...

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the...

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and...

Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and...

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of...

Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of...

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 preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other...

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other...

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is...

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is...

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping.