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Mortals Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power…
- Every man, however hopeless his pretensions may appear, has some project by which he hopes to rise to reputation; some art by which he imagines…
- 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…
- To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals; but to alleviate misfortunes is often within the most limited…
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- Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. — Joseph Addison
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