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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Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

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...

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the...

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the...

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

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

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.

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...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

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...

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's...

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's...

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...