You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

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 natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from...

It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the...

It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

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...

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Pleasure itself is not a vice

The commercial world is very frequently put into confusion by the bankruptcy of merchants, that...

The commercial world is very frequently put into confusion by the bankruptcy of merchants, that...

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.

He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to...

He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

I can't bare fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour...

I can't bare fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour...

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.