Daily quote |
Samuel JohnsonA wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. Actions are visible, though motives are secret. Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself. Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us. Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it. All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find? Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. |