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" I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. "
Samuel Johnson
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" There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex. "
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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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" A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. "
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" Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. "
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" To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. "
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" The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery. "
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