I am not able to instruct you. I can only tell that I have chosen wrong. I have passed my time in study without experience; in the attainment of sciences which can, for the most part, be but remotely useful to mankind. I have purchased knowledge at the expense of all the common comforts of life: I have missed the endearing elegance of female friendship, and the happy commerce of domestic tenderness.

Famous Quotes / Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson: "I am not able to instruct you. I can only tell that I have chosen wrong. I have passed my time in study without experience; in the attainment of sciences which can, for the most part, be but remotely useful to mankind. I have purchased knowledge at the expense of all the common comforts of life: I have missed the endearing elegance of female friendship, and the happy commerce of domestic tenderness."

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Able	Attainment	Chosen	Comforts
Commerce	Common	Domestic	Elegance
Endearing	Expense	Experience	Female
Friendship	Happy	Instruct	Knowledge
Life	Mankind	Missed	Most
Part	Passed	Purchased	Remotely
Sciences	Study	Tell	Tenderness
Time	Useful	Without	Wrong

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I am not able to instruct you. I can only tell that I have chosen wrong. I have passed my time in study without experience; in the attainment of sciences which can, for the most part, be but remotely useful to mankind. I have purchased knowledge at the expense of all the common comforts of life: I have missed the endearing elegance of female friendship, and the happy commerce of domestic tenderness. - Samuel Johnson