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There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction, which inclines every man first to hope, and then to believe, that Nature has given him something peculiar to himself.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to be exercized in due subordination to the public good, I cannot but propose it as a moral question to these masters of the public ear, whether they do not sometimes play too wantonly with our passions.
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Pain and disease awaken us to convictions which are necessary to our moral condition.
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By writing, you learn to write.
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Fate wings, with every wish, the afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art.
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I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.
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Distance either of time or place is sufficient to reconcile weak minds to wonderful relations.
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In discussing these exceptions from the course of nature, the first question is, whether the fact be justly stated. That which is strange is delightful, and a pleasing error is not willingly detected.
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We consider ourselves as defective in memory, either because we remember less than we desire, or less than we suppose others to remember.
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Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive .
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Pleasure itself is not a vice
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Inquiries into the heart are not for man.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
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Life, however short, is made still shorter by waste of time.
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