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Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. But let it be considered that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak of self- interest.
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to you previous self.
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You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.
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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
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Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
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