There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

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,...

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...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

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 improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

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...

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

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

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