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Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.
Focus
Samuel Johnson

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He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
Neglect
Samuel Johnson

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He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
Courage
Samuel Johnson

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He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
Food and Eating
Samuel Johnson

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He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Pain
Samuel Johnson

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He who praises every body, praises nobody.
Uncategorised
Samuel Johnson

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He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
Praise
Samuel Johnson

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I am a great friend to public amusements, for they keep the people from vice.
Humor
Samuel Johnson

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I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
Language
Samuel Johnson

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I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces.
Jokes and Jokers
Samuel Johnson

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I hate mankind, for I think of myself as one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
Humankind
Samuel Johnson

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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
Kindness
Samuel Johnson

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I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.
Friends and Friendship
Samuel Johnson

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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
Death and Dying
Samuel Johnson

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If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.
Slander
Samuel Johnson

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If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?
Pleasure
Samuel Johnson

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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.
Solitude
Samuel Johnson

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In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.
Writers and Writing
Samuel Johnson

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In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
Travel and Tourism
Samuel Johnson

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It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.
Confidence
Samuel Johnson

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It is better to live rich, than to die rich.
Riches
Samuel Johnson

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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
Wrong
Samuel Johnson

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It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.
Marriage
Samuel Johnson

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Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Flattery
Samuel Johnson

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Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man.
Labor
Samuel Johnson

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun