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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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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.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is...

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is...

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...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

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...

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated...

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

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

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best....

Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best....

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal...

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal...