The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of those minds, that admit sounds, without their meaning

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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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...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward...

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward...

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

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.

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

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...

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...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

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 that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of...

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would...

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would...

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion