Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

It is no less a proof of eminence to have many enemies than many friends

It is no less a proof of eminence to have many enemies than many friends

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

What ills from beauty spring

What ills from beauty spring

The insolence of wealth will creep out

The insolence of wealth will creep out

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

Another of my wishes is to depend as little as possible on the labor of...

Another of my wishes is to depend as little as possible on the labor of...

It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that...

It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that...