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Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Every man has something to do which he neglects, every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat.
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Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free.
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Discord generally operates in little things it is inflamed ... by contrariety of taste oftener than principles.
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Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.
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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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Sir, what is poetry? Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know what light is but it is not easy to tell what it is.
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Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself.
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How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick.
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An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say.
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Wickedness is always easier than virtue for it takes the short cut to everything.
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Of riches it is not necessary to write the praise. Let it, however, be remembered that he who has money to spare has it always in his power to benefit others, and of such power a good man must always be desirous.
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We may have many acquaintances, but we can have but few friends this made Aristotle say that he that hath many friends hath none.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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