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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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He that never labors may know the pains of idleness, but not the pleasures.
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Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet.
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