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“Men of the pen have seldom any great skill in conquering kingdoms, but they have strong inclination to give advice.”
Samuel Johnson
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“As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.”
Samuel Johnson
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“Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.”
Samuel Johnson
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“Remarriage is the triumph of hope over experience.”
Samuel Johnson
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“A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.”
Samuel Johnson
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“Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.”
Samuel Johnson
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“Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great.”
Samuel Johnson
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“Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it supplies as many images to the mind, and as many topics to the tongue.”
Samuel Johnson
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“I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.”
Samuel Johnson
