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P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding can expect only to improve a single science."

Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding can expect only to improve a single science.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you."

A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.




P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Thought is always troublesome to him who lives without his own approbation."

Thought is always troublesome to him who lives without his own approbation.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "A fallible being will fail somewhere."

A fallible being will fail somewhere.




P. G. Johnson Quotes: "A small country town is not the place in which one would choose to quarrel with a wife; every human being in such places is a spy."

A small country town is not the place in which one would choose to quarrel with a wife; every human being in such places is a spy.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Ancient travelers guessed; modern travelers measure."

Ancient travelers guessed; modern travelers measure.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Truth, such as is necessary to the reputation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought."

Truth, such as is necessary to the reputation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought.




P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Political liberty is only good insofar as it produces private liberty."

Political liberty is only good insofar as it produces private liberty.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Most men are more willing to indulge in easy vices than to practise laborious virtues."

Most men are more willing to indulge in easy vices than to practise laborious virtues.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "All unnecessary vows are folly, because they suppose a prescience of the future, which has not been given us."

All unnecessary vows are folly, because they suppose a prescience of the future, which has not been given us.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly."

The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Wasting a fortune is evaporation by a thousand imperceptible means."

Wasting a fortune is evaporation by a thousand imperceptible means.




P. G. Johnson Quotes: "You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income."

You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Fate wings, with every wish, the afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art."

Fate wings, with every wish, the afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed."

Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "He who would have fine guests, let him have a fine wife."

He who would have fine guests, let him have a fine wife.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet."

Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way."

Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "The end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing."

The end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence."

The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "I do not much wish well to discoveries, for I am always afraid they will end in conquest and robbery."

I do not much wish well to discoveries, for I am always afraid they will end in conquest and robbery.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Labor's face is wrinkled with the wind, and swarthy with the sun."

Labor's face is wrinkled with the wind, and swarthy with the sun.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away."

Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned"

Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Nothing odd will do long. Tristram Shandy did not last."

Nothing odd will do long. Tristram Shandy did not last.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from with'ring life away; New forms arise, and diff'rent views engage"

Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from with'ring life away; New forms arise, and diff'rent views engage



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed."

His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest Innocence away"

But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest Innocence away



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "There may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution: he may have nothing to say."

There may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution: he may have nothing to say.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "If the guardian or the mother Tell the woes of willful waste, Scorn their counsel and their pother, You can hang or drown at last."

If the guardian or the mother Tell the woes of willful waste, Scorn their counsel and their pother, You can hang or drown at last.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "It is incident to physicians, I am afraid, beyond all other men, to mistake subsequence for consequence."

It is incident to physicians, I am afraid, beyond all other men, to mistake subsequence for consequence.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Few moments are more pleasing than those in which the mind is concerting measures for a new undertaking."

Few moments are more pleasing than those in which the mind is concerting measures for a new undertaking.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order." - John V. Lindsay "No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it."

Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order." - John V. Lindsay "No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "What is the reason that women servants ... have much lower wages than men servants ... when in fact our female house servants work much harder than the male?"

What is the reason that women servants ... have much lower wages than men servants ... when in fact our female house servants work much harder than the male?



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Now ... that you are going to marry, do not expect more from life, than life will afford."

Now ... that you are going to marry, do not expect more from life, than life will afford.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Surely, it is much easier to respect a man who has always had respect, than to respect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves, and will be no better next year."

Surely, it is much easier to respect a man who has always had respect, than to respect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves, and will be no better next year.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Every cold empirick, when his heart is expanded by a successful experiment, swells into a theorist."

Every cold empirick, when his heart is expanded by a successful experiment, swells into a theorist.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Domestic discord is not inevitably and fatally necessary; but yet it is not easy to avoid."

Domestic discord is not inevitably and fatally necessary; but yet it is not easy to avoid.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Inquiries into the heart are not for man."

Inquiries into the heart are not for man.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "A newswriter is a man without virtue, who lies at home for his own profit."

A newswriter is a man without virtue, who lies at home for his own profit.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "In Shakespeare's plays, the mourner hastening to bury his friend is all the time colliding with the reveller hastening to his wine."

In Shakespeare's plays, the mourner hastening to bury his friend is all the time colliding with the reveller hastening to his wine.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible."

Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "The joy of life is variety."

The joy of life is variety.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died; it was the triumph of hope over experience."

A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died; it was the triumph of hope over experience.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Whisky making is the art of making poison pleasant"

Whisky making is the art of making poison pleasant



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Nobody can be taught faster than he can learn."

Nobody can be taught faster than he can learn.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "We often look with indifference on the successive parts of something that, if the whole were seen together, would shake us with emotion."

We often look with indifference on the successive parts of something that, if the whole were seen together, would shake us with emotion.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "True enjoyments also keep people from vice."

True enjoyments also keep people from vice.



P. G. Johnson Quotes: "Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favour."

Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favour.