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There are occasions on which all apology is rudeness.
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 mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm.
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Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.
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There ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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Merit rather enforces respect than attracts fondness.
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Commerce can never be at a stop while one man wants what another can supply and credit will never be denied, while it is likely to be repaid with profit.
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The hopes of zeal are not wholly groundless.
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Turn on the prudent Ant, thy heedful eyes, Observe her labours, Sluggard, and be wise.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire.
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He who is extravagant will quickly become poor and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption.
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