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Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost must always end in pain.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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It is not possible to be regarded with tenderness, except by a few. That merit which gives greatness and renown diffuses its influence to a wide compass, but acts weakly on every single breast it is placed at a distance from common spectators, and shines like one of the remote stars, of which the light reaches us, but not the heat.
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The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every man would be rich, powerful, and famous yet fame, power, and riches, are only the names of relative conditions, which imply the obscurity, dependence, and poverty of greater numbers.
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An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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The roads of science are narrow, so that they who travel them, must wither follow or meet one another.
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Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings.
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Reflect that life, like every other blessing, Derives its value from its use alone.
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Fear naturally quickens the flight of guilt.
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Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.
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As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.
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Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.
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Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned
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Little would be wanting to the happiness of life, if every man could conform to the right as soon as he was shown it.
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A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.
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You think I love flattery (says Dr. Johnson), and so I do but a little too much always disgusts me: that fellow Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation, without longing to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar.
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Our senses, our appetite, and our passions are our lawful and faithful guides in things that relate solely to this life.
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