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Then with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
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 pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.
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The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are now before it.
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
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Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to fear with to much dejection.
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Good breeding consists in having no particular mark of any profession, but a general elegance of manners.
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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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There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.
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Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
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