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You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Every other author may aspire to praise the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.
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Nothing has tended more to retard the advancement of science than the disposition in vulgar minds to vilify what they cannot comprehend.
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