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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals...

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

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...

Love is only one of many passions.

Love is only one of many passions.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

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.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.