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Favourite Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption…
- Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
- The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
- What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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