What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futurity, and perplex the...

To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futurity, and perplex the...

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

No man was ever great by imitation.

No man was ever great by imitation.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune

Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing...

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing...

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either...

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either...

He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty

He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty

The price of wisdom is above rubies

The price of wisdom is above rubies

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand. What you've been...

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand. What you've been...