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The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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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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A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.
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Irresolution and mutability are often the faults of men whose views are wide, and whose imagination is vigorous and excursive.
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I believe it will be found that those who marry late are best pleased with their children and those who marry early, with their partners.
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A Poet, Naturalist, and Historian, Who left scarcely any style of writing untouched, And touched nothing that he did not adorn.
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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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The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply.
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Babies do not want to hear about babies they like to be told of giants and castles.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring: no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.
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Merit rather enforces respect than attracts fondness.
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No man can enjoy happiness without thinking that he enjoys it.
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