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It seems to be remarkable that death increases our veneration for the good, and extenuates our hatred for the bad.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Conjecture as to things useful, is good but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.
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It is man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age.
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A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.
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Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can and conquered they must be, or neither wisdom nor happiness can be attained: but those who are not yet subject to their influence may, by timely caution, preserve their freedom.
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