To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

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;...

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

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.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it...

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

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...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

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...

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

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