There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

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...

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

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...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

The future is purchased by the present.

The future is purchased by the present.

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

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does...

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does...

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his...

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his...

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

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...

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

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

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...