You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted,...

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted,...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

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...

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

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.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other...

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other...

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

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

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

A vow is a snare for sin

A vow is a snare for sin

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

I don't have high expectations anymore. Maybe they've just been beaten out of me.

I don't have high expectations anymore. Maybe they've just been beaten out of me.

High expectations are the key to everything.

High expectations are the key to everything.