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I do not see, Sir, that it is reasonable for a man to be angry at another, whom a woman has preferred to him but angry he is, no doubt and he is loath to be angry at himself.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.
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There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.
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Babies do not want to hear about babies they like to be told of giants and castles.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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The insolence of wealth will creep out.
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Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their existence.
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