The triumph of hope over experience

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

A vow is a snare for sin

A vow is a snare for sin

Avarice is always poor

Avarice is always poor

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

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...

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

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...

In all pleasure hope is a considerable part

In all pleasure hope is a considerable part

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one...

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one...