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Samuel Johnson

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. English poet essayist moralist literary critic biographer editor and lexicographer


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Quote Left It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see. Quote Right
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Quote Left Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Quote Right
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Quote Left It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Quote Right
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Quote Left Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. Quote Right
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Quote Left Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things