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To go and see one druidical temple is only to see that it is nothing, for there is neither art nor power in it and seeing one is quite enough.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it.
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All theory is against free will all experience is for it.
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A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.
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