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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Fate wings, with every wish, the afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art.
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There is no book so poor that it would not be a prodigy if wholly made by a single man.
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But to the particular species of excellence men are directed, not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour, but by the first book which they read, some early conversation which they heard, or some accident which excited ardour and emulation.
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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
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None can be pleased without praise, and few can be praised without falsehood.
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The desires of man increase with his acquisitions.
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The dependant who cultivates delicacy in himself very little consults his own tranquillity.
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Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
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In civilized society we all depend upon each other, and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind.
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No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised perfidy grow faithless to each other.
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The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality.
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Rash oaths, whether kept or broken, frequently produce guilt.
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