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I believe it will be found that those who marry late are best pleased with their children and those who marry early, with their partners.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Knock the 't' off the 'can't.'
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We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
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Slavery is now nowhere more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow.
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In questions of law or of fact conscience is very often confounded with opinion. No man's conscience can tell him the rights of another man they must be known by rational investigation or historical inquiry.
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