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One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in rational inquiries, but many other intellectual pleasures
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The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly.
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You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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