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Of riches it is not necessary to write the praise. Let it, however, be remembered that he who has money to spare has it always in his power to benefit others, and of such power a good man must always be desirous.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.
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One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past.
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The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly.
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I believe it will be found that those who marry late are best pleased with their children and those who marry early, with their partners.
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No man tells his opinion so freely as when he imagines it received with implicit veneration.
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He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
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Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
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That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require, will be allowed by those who wish to elevate the character of a scholar since they cannot but know that every human acquisition is valuable in proportion to the difficulty of its attainment.
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I know not, Madam, that you have a right, upon moral principles, to make your readers suffer so much.
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Being married to those sleepy-souled women is just like playing at cards for nothing: no passion is excited and the time is filled up. I do not, however, envy a fellow one of those honeysuckle wives for my part, as they are but creepers at best and commonly destroy the tree they so tenderly cling about.
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