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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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A lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.
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Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.
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Yet it is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded, for hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations, however frequent, are yet less dreadful than its extinction.
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I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and being governed.
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Misfortunes should always be expected.
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