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From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular condition it will find most alleviations.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Little would be wanting to the happiness of life, if every man could conform to the right as soon as he was shown it.
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Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.
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Every man has something to do which he neglects, every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat.
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As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.
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I am a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has, for twenty years, diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant whose kettle has scarcely time to cool who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and, with tea, welcomes the morning.
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At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
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