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When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
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A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
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Wretched un-idea'd girls.
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What I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country.
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Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.
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Wealth is nothing in itself it is not useful but when it departs from us.
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No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance.
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