We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in rational inquiries, but many other intellectual pleasures

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and...

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and...

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...

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

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...

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's...

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's...

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it...

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...