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    Samuel Johnson

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    The true art of memory, is the art of attention ↗


    — Samuel Johnson

    #memory #art

    Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. ↗


    — Samuel Johnson

    #destroyed #friendship #increased #like #long

    Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen. ↗


    — Samuel Johnson

    #few #friends #like #should

    One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. ↗


    — Samuel Johnson

    #makes #man #mistake #thoughts #wine

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


    — Samuel Johnson

    #carelessness #falsehood #intentionally #lying #more

    Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. ↗


    — Samuel Johnson

    #chance #drowned #jail #ship

    Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. ↗


    — Samuel Johnson

    #almost #arises #cannot #conduct #imitation

    A man will turn over half a library to make one book. ↗


    — Samuel Johnson

    #half #library #make #man #over

    Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. ↗


    — Samuel Johnson

    #concessions #life #reciprocal #society #subsist

    A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself. ↗


    — Samuel Johnson

    #genius #himself #man #ruined #seldom






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    Did you know about Samuel Johnson?

    He soon contracted scrofula known at that time as the "King's Evil" because it was thought royalty could cure it. Instead of writing the whole work himself he dictated to Hector who then took the copy to the printer and made any corrections.

    After working as a teacher he moved to London where he began to write for The Gentleman's Magazine. His early works include the biography The Life of Richard Savage the poems "London" and "The Vanity of Human WiSamuel Johnsons" and the play Irene. S.

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