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The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly. ↗

— Sam Mendes

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I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey cages at the zoo is a warning sign. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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