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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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Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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There is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events. He that worries himself with the dread of possible contingencies will never be at rest.
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We must consider how very little history there is--I mean real, authentic history. That certain kings reigned and certain battles were fought, we can depend upon as true but all the coloring, all the philosophy, of history is conjecture.
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Bashfulness may sometimes exclude pleasure, but seldom opens any avenue to sorrow or remorse.
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If the guardian or the mother Tell the woes of willful waste, Scorn their counsel and their pother, You can hang or drown at last.
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To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.
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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
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The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless.
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