While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

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...

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

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

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

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and...

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and...

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect...

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect...

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what...

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what...

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

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,...

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action...

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action...

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world