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In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Mutual cowardice keeps us in peace.
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All power of fancy over reason is a degree of madness.
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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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