Quote #165

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

More from Samuel Johnson

  1. Pleasure of itself is not a vice.
  2. As the Spanish proverb says, 'He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in…
  3. I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.
  4. It is better to live rich, than to die rich.
  5. A country governed by a despot is an inverted cone.
  6. The insolence of wealth will creep out.
  7. Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be. Men always take the best they can get.
  8. All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to shew how much he can spare.

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