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You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
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The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man.
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He that never labors may know the pains of idleness, but not the pleasures.
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As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.
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He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
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Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.
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Reason and truth will prevail at last
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