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" It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other. "

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" Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return. "

Samuel Johnson

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Never

" It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. "

" It is better to live rich than to die rich. "

" Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. "

" There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten. "

" Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. "

" The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. "

" To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. "

" All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it. "

" Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. "

" He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them. "

Samuel Johnson

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Will

" Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. "

" Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable. "

Samuel Johnson

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Man

" The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking. "

" 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. "

" I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney. "

" 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. "

" Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates. "

" To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed. "

" I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. "

Samuel Johnson

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Desire

" The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. "

Samuel Johnson

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Measure

" If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. "

" We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. "

" Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. "

" Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. "

" It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see. "

" You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword. "

" To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. "

" It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. "

" You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you. "