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Samuel Johnson
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Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him, for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.
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Books, like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Every man who attacks my belief diminishes in some degree my confidence in it and therefore makes me uneasy, and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
If your determination is fixed I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.
