The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

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...

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even...

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even...

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

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...

What is easy is seldom excellent.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

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...

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to...

He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to...

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...