To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

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

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

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much...

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much...

The future is purchased by the present.

The future is purchased by the present.

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be...

About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be...

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action...

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action...

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

Round numbers are always false

Round numbers are always false

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty...

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty...