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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public.
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An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say.
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Of those that spin out trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life.
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There are occasions on which all apology is rudeness.
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We may have many acquaintances, but we can have but few friends this made Aristotle say that he that hath many friends hath none.
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Still we love The evil we do, until we suffer it.
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Life of Ages, richly poured, Love of God unspent and free, Flowing in the Prophet's word And the People's liberty! Never was to chosen race That unstinted tide confined Thine is every time and place, Fountain sweet of heart and mind!
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Political liberty is only good insofar as it produces private liberty.
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The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.
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Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.
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