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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, when they are late, it is reasonable to rejoice, as the day declines, to find that it has been spent with the approbation of mankind.
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The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.
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So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.
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Still we love The evil we do, until we suffer it.
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