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    Samuel Johnson
    “I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.”
    ― Samuel Johnson
    tags: humor, humour, mankind, misanthropy
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    Samuel Johnson
    “He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
    ― Samuel Johnson
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    Samuel Johnson
    “A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.”
    ― Samuel Johnson, Works of Samuel Johnson. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, A Grammar of the English Tongue, Preface to Shakespeare, Lives of the English Poets & more [improved 11/20/2010]
    tags: reading, writing
    302 likes

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    Samuel Johnson
    “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
    ― Samuel Johnson
    tags: patriotism
    258 likes

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    Samuel Johnson
    “I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.”
    ― Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
    tags: books, conversation, erudition, reading, writing
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    Samuel Johnson
    “Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.”
    ― Samuel Johnson
    tags: night
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    Samuel Johnson
    “Hell is paved with good intentions.”
    ― Samuel Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2
    tags: evil, good-intentions, hell, intentions
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    Samuel Johnson
    “Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.”
    ― Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
    tags: absurdity, behaviour, conduct, imitation
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    Samuel Johnson
    “You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.”
    ― Samuel Johnson
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    Samuel Johnson
    “My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. ”
    ― Samuel Johnson
    tags: cynical, funny, humour, review
    240 likes



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