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Possesses Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.
- Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or degree, to those which…
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