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Hunger is never delicate they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.
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When a man feel the reprehension of a friend seconded by his own heart, he is easily heated into resentment.
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Friendship, compounded of esteem and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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To scatter praise or blame without regard to justice is to destroy the distinction of good and evil. Many have no other test of actions than general opinion and all are so far influenced by a sense of reputation that they are often restrained by fear of reproach, and excited by hope of honour, when other principles have lost their power.
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Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.
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