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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.
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The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs.
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