"No man can perform so little as not……" — Samuel Johnson
"No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in total idleness, and have never yet endeavoured to be useful."
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Samuel Johnson
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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