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A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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In discussing these exceptions from the course of nature, the first question is, whether the fact be justly stated. That which is strange is delightful, and a pleasing error is not willingly detected.
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Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are certain, from those which may deceive for a man may have the external appearance of a patriot, without the constituent qualities as false coins have often lustre, though they want weight.
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We consider ourselves as defective in memory, either because we remember less than we desire, or less than we suppose others to remember.
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Every man has something to do which he neglects, every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat.
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Timidity is a disease of the mind, obstinate and fatal for a man once persuaded that any impediment is insuperable has given it, with respect to himself, that strength and weight which it had not before.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.
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Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much Who, born for the Universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
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