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I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
I hate mankind, for I think of myself as one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain.
I have always suspected that the reading is right, which requires many words to prove it wrong; and the emendation wrong, that cannot without so much labour appear to be right.
I have studiously endeavored to collect examples and authorities from the writers before the restoration, whose works I regard as the wells of English undefiled , as the pure sources of genuine diction.
I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself.
I refute it thus.
I rejoice to concur with the common reader.
I would advise no man to marry who is not likely to propagate understanding.
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
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Samuel Johnson (18 de setembro de 1709 - 13 de dezembro de 1784) foi um escritor inglês que se tornou um dos mais célebres intelectuais do seu tempo. Nascido em Lichfield, Staffordshire, lutou com problemas de saúde e financeiros durante grande parte da sua vida. A sua obra mais influente, 'A Dictionary of the English Language' (1755), foi um marco na lexicografia inglesa, definindo o vocabulário e a ortografia da língua. Johnson também produziu ensaios perspicazes, sermões, poemas e biografias, incluindo 'Lives of the Poets'. Foi uma figura central nos círculos literários de Londres, conhecido pela sua inteligência aguçada, conversação brilhante e opiniões firmes. A sua vida e obra foram imortalizadas na 'Life of Samuel Johnson' de James Boswell, uma das biografias mais importantes da literatura inglesa.