What is easy is seldom excellent.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love,...

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love,...

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that...

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that...

There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

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...

Love is only one of many passions.

Love is only one of many passions.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

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...

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is...

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is...

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so...

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so...

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...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does...

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does...