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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.
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The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless.
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