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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Those who attempt nothing themselves think every thing easily performed, and consider the unsuccessful always as criminal.
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Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.
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Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.
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The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.
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Domestic discord is not inevitably and fatally necessary but yet it is not easy to avoid.
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In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
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Fate wings, with every wish, the afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art.
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Whatever you have spend less.
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Your manuscript is both good and original but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances it is often concealed in splendour, and often in extravagance.
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