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The truly strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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As long as one lives he will have need of repentance.
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We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
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