There is certainly no greater happiness than to be — Samuel Johnson
There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow.
More by Samuel Johnson
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. James Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) 7 April 1775
Life is surely given us for higher purposes than to gather what our ancestors have wisely thrown away, and to learn what is of no value but because it has been forgotten.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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[ On the Giant’s Causeway in Ireland :] Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Winston Churchill
It is forbidden to kill; therefore, all murderers are punished unless they kill large numbers to the sound of trumpets.
Voltaire
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
Edvard Munch
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Aristóteles
Winston Churchill
It is forbidden to kill; therefore, all murderers are punished unless they kill large numbers to the sound of trumpets.
Voltaire
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
Edvard Munch
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Aristóteles