Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and amongst narrow minds may, therefore, expose its author to censure and contempt; and if the liberty of laughing be once indulged, every man will laugh…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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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...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

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...

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

He who endeavors to please must appear pleased

He who endeavors to please must appear pleased

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

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

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Avarice is always poor

Avarice is always poor

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

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

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

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...

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...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope...

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope...

Sometimes when my internet is down I forget the rest of my computer still works....

Sometimes when my internet is down I forget the rest of my computer still works....

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.

Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.