Life is short. The sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth the better.
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As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labor.Samuel Johnson
To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
Samuel Johnson
In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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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
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