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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Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

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...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to...

The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...

I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by...

I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by...

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

The success of Heine -- to become a world-famous 'unkown poet.'

The success of Heine -- to become a world-famous 'unkown poet.'

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

Life is short, wear tropical shirts.

Life is short, wear tropical shirts.