Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Those that have loved longest love best.

Those that have loved longest love best.

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...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Clear your mind of cant.

Clear your mind of cant.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

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...

Love is only one of many passions.

Love is only one of many passions.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

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,...

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...