Sorrow is the rust of the soul and activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you you may settle yourself in full confidence both of my love and my esteem I love you as a kind man, I value you as a worthy man, and hope in time to reverence you as a man of exemplary piety.Samuel Johnson
That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.
Samuel Johnson
There may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution he may have nothing to say.
Samuel Johnson
Go into the street and give one man a lecture on morality and another a shilling, and see which one will respect you most.
Samuel Johnson
If one party resolves to demand what the other resolves to refuse, the dispute can be determined only by arbitration and between powers who have no common superior, there is no other arbitrator than the sword
Samuel Johnson
Love has no great influences upon the sum of life.
Samuel Johnson
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