Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty

He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty

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.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

The insolence of wealth will creep out

The insolence of wealth will creep out

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they...

I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they...

Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didnt even have when you...

Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didnt even have when you...

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.