A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
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A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet.Samuel Johnson
Your levelers wish to level down as far as themselves but they cannot bear leveling up to themselves.
Samuel Johnson
The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises. . .
Samuel Johnson
Riches exclude only one inconvenience, And that is poverty.
Samuel Johnson
To proceed from one truth to another, and connect distant propositions by regular consequences, is the great prerogative of man
Samuel Johnson
Second Marriage the triumph of hope over experience.
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