Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing...

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing...

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

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...

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

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

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its...

The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its...

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,...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some...

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some...

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it

All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it

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....

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward...

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward...