You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Reason and truth will prevail at last

Reason and truth will prevail at last

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...

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even...

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even...

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it...

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

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...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty

He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a...

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a...