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It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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A fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its difficulty. You would not value the finest head cut upon a carrot.
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The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.
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All imposture weakens confidence and chills benevolence.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal.
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It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.
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Rash oaths, whether kept or broken, frequently produce guilt.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.
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Learn that the present hour alone is man's.
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The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
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