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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find? ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother. ↗

— Beverly Jones

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It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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