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English Author, Critic September 18, 1709 – December 13, 1784

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Samuel Johnson quote: "Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it..."
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. Samuel Johnson
Perhaps the excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some obvious and useful truth in a few words. We frequently fall into error and folly, not because the true principles of action are not known, but because, for a time, they are not remembered; and he may therefore be justly numbered among the benefactors of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on... Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of..."
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. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the..."
Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything. Samuel Johnson

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