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Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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No man tells his opinion so freely as when he imagines it received with implicit veneration.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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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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