What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Pleasure itself is not a vice

Pleasure itself is not a vice

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him...

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him...

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

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,...

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

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...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it...

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it...

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would...

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...