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I have already enjoyed too much give me something to desire.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, when they are late, it is reasonable to rejoice, as the day declines, to find that it has been spent with the approbation of mankind.
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Riches, perhaps, do not so often produce crimes as incite accusers.
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If a man is in doubt whether it would be better for him to expose himself to martyrdom or not, he should not do it. He must be convinced that he has a delegation from heaven.
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Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed.
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men do not suspect faults which they do not commit
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Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible.
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Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe.
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