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The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
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It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.
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Falsehood always endeavors to copy the mien and attitude of truth.
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The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly upon unassisted genius and natural sagacity.
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