There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and delighted himself and his reader with the melody of birds, the whisper of groves, and the murmur of rivulets

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from...

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...

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...

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

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

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

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream

Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream

Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one...

Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one...