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No man likes to live under the eye of perpetual disapprobation.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Want of tenderness is want of parts, and is no less a proof of stupidity than depravity.
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A blade of grass is always a blade of grass, whether in one country or another.
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The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside
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People seldom read a book which is given to them and few are given. The way to spread a work is to sell it at a low price. No man will send to buy a thing that costs even sixpence without an intention to read it.
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Life is but short no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous. Let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. It is best not to be angry and best, in the next place, to be quickly reconciled.
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He who is extravagant will quickly become poor and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption.
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What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing the attention so there is but one half to be employed on what we read.
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A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.
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Modern writers are the moons of literature they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients.
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Every human being whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge.
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