Being asked by a young nobleman, what was become of the gallantry and military spirit of the old English nobility, (Johnson) replied, Why, my Lord, I'll tell you what is become of it it is gone into the city to look for a fortune
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I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.James Boswell
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A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.
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It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.
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