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Quote by Samuel Johnson

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A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of...

Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

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...

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it...

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it...