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Revenge is an act of passion vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged crimes are avenged.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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He that wishes to see his country robbed of its rights cannot be a patriot.
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But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite to the great and mean, to the celebrated and obscure the art of moderating the desires, of repressing the appetites and of conciliating or retaining the favour of mankind.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Those authors are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence.
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As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Human reason borrowed many arts from the instinct of animals.
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Life has no pleasure higher or nobler than that of friendship.
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All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.
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Lichfield, England. Swallows certainly sleep all winter. A number of them conglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lye in the bed of a river.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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Sir, if a man has a mind to prance, he must study at Christ Church and All Souls.
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What is twice read is commonly better remembered that what is transcribed.
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Misfortunes should always be expected.
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