What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must either be true or false, you know; if true, let us rejoice in his good opinion; if he lies, it is a proof at least…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him...

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him...

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...

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

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.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Pleasure itself is not a vice

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

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

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

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...