“You can never be wise unless you love reading.”
― Life of Johnson, Vol 4
― Life of Johnson, Vol 4
“Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.”
― A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
― A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
“I am not fit to marry. I am often cross, and I like my own way, and I have a distaste for men.”
― He Knew He Was Right
― He Knew He Was Right
“Find the thing you want to do most intensely, make sure that’s it, and do it with all your might. If you live, well and good. If you die, well and good. Your purpose is done”
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“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
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