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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

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...

The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

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...

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking...

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking...

Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

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...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

But now I was a rich man, three things have left me bare; dice, wine,...

But now I was a rich man, three things have left me bare; dice, wine,...

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.