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~ Samuel JohnsonA wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. -
~ Samuel JohnsonCuriosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. -
~ Samuel JohnsonWine gives a man nothing.It only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. -
~ Samuel JohnsonIt is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done. -
~ Samuel JohnsonThis is one of the disadvantages of wine: it makes a man mistake words for thought. -
~ Samuel JohnsonWine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. -
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~ Samuel JohnsonNothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome. -
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~ Samuel JohnsonA man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything. -
~ Samuel JohnsonLove is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. -
~ Samuel JohnsonThere are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.
