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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

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...

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

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...

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated...

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated...

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...

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of...

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

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.

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Avarice is always poor

Avarice is always poor

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

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...

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is...

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is...

You can't think of nothing.

You can't think of nothing.