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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.
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Among the numerous stratagems by which pride endeavors to recommend folly to regard, there is scarcely one that meets with less success than affectation, or a perpetual disguise of the real character by fictitious appearances.
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Slavery is now nowhere more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty.
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A country governed by a despot is an inverted cone.
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That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require, will be allowed by those who wish to elevate the character of a scholar since they cannot but know that every human acquisition is valuable in proportion to the difficulty of its attainment.
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Glory, the casual gift of thoughtless crowds! Glory, the bribe of avaricious virtue!
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In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honor, and fictitious benevolence.
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Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice, that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without any very accurate inquiry whether it is right.
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Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.
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To be of no Church is dangerous.
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There is no book so poor that it would not be a prodigy if wholly made by a single man.
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Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
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Those that have done nothing in life, are not qualified to judge of those that have done little
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Nothing can be truly great which is not right.
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A fallible being will fail somewhere.
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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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Misfortunes should always be expected.
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