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• The Irish are a fair people; they never speak well of one another.
  -- Samuel Johnson, in James Boswell, 'The Life of Samuel Johnson'...
• We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
  -- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)...
• What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. -- Samuel Johnso
• Most of the fear that spoils our life comes from attacking difficulties before we get to them.
  -- Dr. Frank Crane...
• Books without the knowledge of life are useless. -- Samuel Johnso
• There is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all 'Tom Jones.
  ' -- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)...
• Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
  -- Samuel Johnso...
• Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
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• Love is the salt of life; a higher taste It gives to pleasure, and then makes it last.
  -- Buckingham...