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He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
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 seems to be remarkable that death increases our veneration for the good, and extenuates our hatred for the bad.
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You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables.
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Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe.
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