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By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.
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In my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.
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It may be laid down as a position which seldom deceives, that when a man cannot bear his own company, there is something wrong.
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I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession.
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Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge, and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things, when they are shown their form or told their use.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be. Men always take the best they can get.
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