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Who left nothing of authorship untouched, and touched nothing which he did not adorn. [Lat., Qui nullum fere scribendi genus non tetigit nullum quod tetigit non ornavit.]
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Celestial wisdom calms the mind.
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Every man, however hopeless his pretensions may appear, has some project by which he hopes to rise to reputation some art by which he imagines that the attention of the world will be attracted some quality, good or bad, which discriminates him from the common herd of mortals, and by which others may be persuaded to love, or compelled to fear him.
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Social sorrow loses half its pain.
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There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.
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Life admits not of delays when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.
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There must always be some advantage on one side or the other, and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance.
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No man tells his opinion so freely as when he imagines it received with implicit veneration.
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Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five For, howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five.
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Every man is of importance to himself.
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The hopes of zeal are not wholly groundless.
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Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent.
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A book should teach us to enjoy life, or to endure it.
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What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the company.
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Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away.
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Occupation alone is happiness.
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The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public.
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In civilized society we all depend upon each other, and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind.
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Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to fear with to much dejection.
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It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.
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Every other author may aspire to praise the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.
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