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Occupation alone is happiness.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.
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To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the system every day
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Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest.
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The truly strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
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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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Labor's face is wrinkled with the wind, and swarthy with the sun.
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He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or change his course as new attractions prevail, and harass himself without advancing.
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As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.
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Truth allows no choice.
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The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay.
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