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..to write and to live are very different. Many who praise virtue, do no more than praise it.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Lichfield
Staffordshire
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It may be laid down as a position which seldom deceives, that when a man cannot bear his own company, there is something wrong.
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Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
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Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment.
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Fears of the brave and follies of the wise.
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The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.
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Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order. - John V. Lindsay No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.
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I have adopted the Roman sentiment, that it is more honorable to save a citizen than to kill an enemy.
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He that wishes to see his country robbed of its rights cannot be a patriot.
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power ceases of delighting each other.
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Whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to its maturity.
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He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar and many fold in their passage while they lie waiting for the gale.
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I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession.
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