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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 Power is not sufficient evidence of truth Quote Right
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Quote Left For who is pleased with himself. Quote Right
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Quote Left Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor. Quote Right
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Quote Left The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. Quote Right
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Quote Left Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore. Quote Right
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