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The best part of every author is in general to be found in his book, I assure you.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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It is wonderful what a difference learning makes upon people even in the common intercourse of life, which does not appear to be much connected with it.
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
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It seems to be remarkable that death increases our veneration for the good, and extenuates our hatred for the bad.
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To purchase Heaven has gold the power? Can gold remove the mortal hour? In life can love be bought with gold? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold? No--all that's worth a wish--a thought, Fair virtue gives unbribed, unbought. Cease then on trash thy hopes to bind, Let nobler views engage thy mind.
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Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a critic.
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The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.
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To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals but to alleviate misfortunes is often within the most limited power: yet the opportunities which every day affords of relieving the most wretched of human beings are overlooked and neglected with equal disregard of policy and goodness.
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Where there is emulation, there will be vanity where there is vanity, there will be folly.
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A fallible being will fail somewhere.
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Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.
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