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No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Attack is the reaction. I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.
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Turn on the prudent Ant, thy heedful eyes, Observe her labours, Sluggard, and be wise.
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