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So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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What I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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There is nothing so minute, or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not.
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There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.
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