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He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
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 has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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We have always pretensions to fame which, in our own hearts, we know to be disputable.
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