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Riches, perhaps, do not so often produce crimes as incite accusers.
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 mathematicians are well acquainted with the difference between pure science, which has only to do with ideas, and the application of its laws to the use of life, in which they are constrained to submit to the imperfections of matter and the influence of accidents.
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I would advise you, Sir, to study algebra, if you are not an adept already in it: your head would get less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbours about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin and sorrow.
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men do not suspect faults which they do not commit
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In a Man's Letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirrour of his breast.
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Books without the knowledge of life are useless.
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