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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. "

Samuel Johnson

Revenge

Gratitude

Minds

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Those

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Desire

" A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. "

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Anything

Man

" Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. "

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Them

Will

" What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. "

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" He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else. "

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Belly

Mind

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