We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have generally no other merit than that, having read the works of great authors with attention, they have observed the arrangement of their matter, or the…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

What is easy is seldom excellent.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

Round numbers are always false

Round numbers are always false

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

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...

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

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.

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

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...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

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

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say...

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say...

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.