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Samuel Johnson Quotes
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~ The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside ~
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~ Exercise is labor without weariness. ~
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~ He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything. ~
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~ Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. ~
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~ Don't accustom yourself to use big words for little matters ~
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~ Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions ~
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~ Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation ~
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~ Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favorable to virtue. Remember that the solitary mortal is certainly luxurious, probably superstitious, and possibly mad. ~
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~ Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases ~
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~ There are charms made only for distant admiration. ~
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~ You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company. ~
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~ We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting. ~
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~ It is in refinement and elegance that the civilized man differs from the savage. ~
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~ Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom ~
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~ He who praises everybody, praises nobody. ~
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