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No man can enjoy happiness without thinking that he enjoys it.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Reflect that life, like every other blessing, Derives its value from its use alone.
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It is a hopeless endeavour to unite the contrarieties of spring and winter it is unjust to claim the privileges of age, and retain the play-things of childhood.
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I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.
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Other things may be seized by might, or purchased with money, but knowledge is to be gained only by study, and study to be prosecuted only in retirement.
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We go from anticipation to anticipation, not from satisfaction to satisfaction.
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Unintelligible language is a lantern without a light.
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Labor's face is wrinkled with the wind, and swarthy with the sun.
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He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
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