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If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
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Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
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In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.
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Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.
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As long as one lives he will have need of repentance.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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