He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to … - James Boswell

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Gloria Steinem's marriage is proof positive of the emotional desperation of ageing feminists who for over 30 years worshiped the steely career woman and callously trashed stay-at-home moms.

James Boswell

He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day. Yet he read a great deal in a desultory manner, without any scheme of study, as chance threw books in his way, and inclination directed him through them.

Book, Chance, Looked, Merely, Threw, Way

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We often observe in lawyers, who as Quicquid agunt homines is the matter of law suits, are sometimes obliged to pick up a temporary knowledge of an art or science, of which they understood nothing till their brief was delivered, and appear to be much masters of it.

Art, Brief, Knowledge, Nothing, Science, Suits

Nay, Sir, it was not the WINE that made your head ache, but the SENSE that I put into it' 'What, Sir! will sense make the head ache?' 'Yes, Sir, (with a smile,) when it is not used to it.

Wine, Used, Made, Yes, Sense

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

Companion, Friendship, Love, Loves, Possess, Real

After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, "I refute it thus. "

Philosophy, Science, Feet, Stone, Matter, Merely

What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

Insignificant, Leading, Life, Life Is