The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without...

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without...

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

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

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

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and...

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and...

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

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...

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that...

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that...

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of...

Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of...

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual...

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual...

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

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...

Journalism's ultimate purpose [is] to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter...

Journalism's ultimate purpose [is] to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter...

Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and...

Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and...

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.