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" Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. "

Samuel Johnson

Wish

Life

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" A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good. "

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" The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. "

" In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. "

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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. "

" Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all. "

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" Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world. "

" Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. "

" All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. "

" Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. "