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I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Assertion is not argument to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.
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It is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached.
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None can be pleased without praise, and few can be praised without falsehood.
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The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.
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