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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

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Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Disease generally begins that equality which death completes. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#completes #death #disease #equality #generally

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

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It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#ask #came #funny #gymnast #happened

When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

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If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it. ↗

— Adam Jones

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