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Lest Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Religion informs us that misery and sin were produced together. The depravation of human will was followed by a disorder of the harmony of nature;…
- Surely nothing is more reproachful to a being endowed with reason, than to resign its powers to the influence of the air, and live in…
- It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest those who can once charge him with partiality, should indulge…
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