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I have found men more kind than I expected and less just.
— Samuel Johnson
A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
— Samuel Johnson
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
— Samuel Johnson
A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
— Samuel Johnson
He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
— Samuel Johnson
Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.
— Samuel Johnson
I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
— Samuel Johnson
The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.
— Samuel Johnson
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.
— Samuel Johnson
Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages.
— Samuel Johnson
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