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Samuel Johnson Quotes
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~ Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with. ~
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~ Words are but the signs of ideas. ~
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~ Don't accustom yourself to use big words for little matters ~
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~ Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation ~
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~ There are minds so impatient of inferiority, that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. ~
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~ If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle. ~
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~ Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it. ~
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~ Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases ~
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~ Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases ~
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~ The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow. ~
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~ The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety ~
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~ The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. ~
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~ The man of affectation may, perhaps, be reclaimed, by finding how little he is likely to gain by perpetual constraint and incessant vigilance, and how much more securely he might make his way to esteem, by cultivating real, than by displaying counter ~
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~ It is indeed not easy to distinguish affectation from habit; he that has once studiously developed a style, rarely writes afterwards with complete ease ~
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~ Affectation naturally counterfeits those excellences which are placed at the greatest distance from possibility of attainment, because, knowing our own defects, we eagerly endeavor to supply them with artificial excellence ~
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