The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

The great source of pleasure is variety

The great source of pleasure is variety

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

Round numbers are always false

Round numbers are always false

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly:...

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly:...

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals;...

To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals;...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

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...

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would...

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would...

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to...

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to...