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If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Long customs are not easily broken he that attempts to change the course of his own life very often labors in vain and how shall we do that for others, which we are seldom able to do for ourselves.
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We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
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Modern writers are the moons of literature they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients.
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The mere power of saving what is already in our hands must be of easy acquisition to every mind and as the example of Lord Bacon may show that the highest intellect cannot safely neglect it, a thousand instances every day prove that the humblest may practise it with success.
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I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.
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Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.
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