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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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He who praises everybody, praises nobody. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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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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There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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