Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it...

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.