Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
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There are multitudes whose life is nothing but a continuous lottery who are always within a few months of plenty and happiness, and how often soever they are mocked with blanks, expect a prize from the next adventure.Samuel Johnson
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
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Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.
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'Lexicographer, n.' A writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.
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In the most general applause discordant voices will always be heard.
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