Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less temptation, betray each other to their children.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Exercise is labor without weariness.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

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.

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.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

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,...

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

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...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

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.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

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...

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

The attitude of gratitude keeps the mind renewed.

The attitude of gratitude keeps the mind renewed.

Its not what you do, its how you do what you do!

Its not what you do, its how you do what you do!