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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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Lichfield
Staffordshire
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Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.
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We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
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Wretched un-idea'd girls.
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He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great.
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We go from anticipation to anticipation, not from satisfaction to satisfaction.
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