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I will take no more physick, not even my opiates for I have prayed that I may render up my soul to God unclouded.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Pope had been flattered till he thought himself one of the moving powers of the system of life. When he talked of laying down his pen, those who sat round him intreated and implored and self-love did not suffer him to suspect that they went away and laughed.
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Too much nicety of detail disgusts the greatest part of readers, and to throw a multitude of particulars under general heads, and lay down rules of extensive comprehension, is to common understandings of little use.
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It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather they are in haste to tell each other, what each must already know, that it is hot or cold, bright or cloudy, windy or calm.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.
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Scarce any man becomes eminently disagreeable but by a departure from his real character, and an attempt at something for which nature or education has left him unqualified.
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
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You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.
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An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.
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The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.
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To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the system every day
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A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write.
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A person loves to review his own mind. That is the use of a diary, or journal.
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
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