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He who endeavors to please must appear pleased.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Sir, if a man has a mind to prance, he must study at Christ Church and All Souls.
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Sleep undisturbed within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine.
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The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside
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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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A country governed by a despot is an inverted cone.
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Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages.
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Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.
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All imposture weakens confidence and chills benevolence.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Those authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct.
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As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.
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It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection, and the restraints which civilised society imposes to prevent separation, are hardly sufficient to keep them together.
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The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.
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