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Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
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Let me rejoice in the light which Thou hast imparted let me serve Thee with active zeal, humbled confidence, and wait with patient expectation for the time in which the soul which Thou receivest shall be satisfied with knowledge.
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Merit rather enforces respect than attracts fondness.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance.
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The dependant who cultivates delicacy in himself very little consults his own tranquillity.
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The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.
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