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Those that have done nothing in life, are not qualified to judge of those that have done little
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy, affectation part of the chosen trappings of folly the one completes a villain, the other only finishes a fop.
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There ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey.
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I never take a nap after dinner but when I have had a bad night, and then the nap takes me.
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As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.
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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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Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free.
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We consider ourselves as defective in memory, either because we remember less than we desire, or less than we suppose others to remember.
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It is not possible to be regarded with tenderness, except by a few. That merit which gives greatness and renown diffuses its influence to a wide compass, but acts weakly on every single breast it is placed at a distance from common spectators, and shines like one of the remote stars, of which the light reaches us, but not the heat.
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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
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No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves.
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