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" So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other. "
Samuel Johnson
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" The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. "
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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. "
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" Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich. "
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" You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. "
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" It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. "
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" There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. "
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" Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. "
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" What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. "
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" The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. "
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" No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. "
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" Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. "
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" He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them. "
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" To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. "
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" Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. "
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" Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. "
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" A man will turn over half a library to make one book. "
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" Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. "
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" Exercise is labor without weariness. "
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" Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. "
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" Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. "
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" Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. "
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" You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle. "
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