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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709  – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.
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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.
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By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.
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At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.
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Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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