So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

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...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Those that have loved longest love best.

Those that have loved longest love best.

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

Clear your mind of cant.

Clear your mind of cant.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary;...

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary;...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always...

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...

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on...

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on...

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that...

We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that...

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.