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The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.
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Sir, as a man advances in life, he gets what is better than admiration, - judgement, to estimate things at their true value.
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