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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. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Samuel Johnson

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It is better to live rich than to die rich. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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