Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint-stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue,...

Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue,...

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...

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

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...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

A jest breaks no bones

A jest breaks no bones

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates 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.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

A good example is the best sermon.

A good example is the best sermon.

The example of the raft shows dharmas should be treated as provisional, as means to...

The example of the raft shows dharmas should be treated as provisional, as means to...