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Few things are so liberally bestowed, or squandered with so little effect, as good advice.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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There are certain topicks which are never exhausted. Of some images and sentiments the mind of man may be said to be enamoured it meets them, however often they occur, with the same ardour which a lover feels at the sight of his mistress, and parts from them with the same regret when they can no longer be enjoyed.
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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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Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should always doubt their conclusions
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Foppery is never cured it is the bad stamina of the mind, which, like those of the body, are never rectified once a coxcomb always a coxcomb.
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I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
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Very few live by choice. Every man is placed in his present condition by causes which acted without his foresight, and with which he did not always willingly cooperate and therefore you will rarely meet one who does not think the lot of his neighbor better than his own.
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Terrestrial happiness is of short duration. The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel the fragrant flower is passing away in its own odors.
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If we estimate dignity by immediate usefulness, agriculture is undoubtedly the first and noblest science.
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The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power ceases of delighting each other.
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Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.
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All power of fancy over reason is a degree of madness.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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Reflect that life, like every other blessing, Derives its value from its use alone.
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Security will produce danger.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Samuel Johnson
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal.
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Trust as little as you can to report, and examine all you can by your own senses.
Samuel Johnson
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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I have already enjoyed too much give me something to desire.
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