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The mind is refrigerated by interruption the thoughts are diverted from the principle subject the reader is weary, he suspects not why and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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About things on which the public thinks long it commonly attains to think right.
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In general those parents have the most reverence who most deserve it for he that lives well cannot be despised.
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A writer who obtains his full purpose loses himself in his own lustre.
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