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I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless.
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Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive .
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If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.
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