That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what the world had all his life been telling him
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I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him you have no business with consequences you are to tell the truth.Samuel Johnson
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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In all evils which admit a remedy, impatience should be avoided, because it wastes that time and attention in complaints which, if properly applied, might remove the cause.
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Every other author may aspire to praise the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few.
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Sorrow is the rust of the soul and activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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To do nothing is in everyone's power.
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