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A man with a good coat upon his back meets with a better reception than he who has a bad one.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Glory, the casual gift of thoughtless crowds! Glory, the bribe of avaricious virtue!
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Yet it is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded, for hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations, however frequent, are yet less dreadful than its extinction.
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Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.
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