So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as...

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as...

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...

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done...

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done...

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

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...

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in...

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

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...

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to...

One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to...