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No one ever became great by imitation.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience you will find it a calamity.
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The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
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Falsehood always endeavors to copy the mien and attitude of truth.
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If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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