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Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Knock the 't' off the 'can't.'
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring: no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.
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The civilities of the great are never thrown away.
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He that voluntarily continues in ignorance, is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces.
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Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as to ourselves.
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