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Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), Rasselas, 1759
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It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson
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Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

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