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No estimate is more in danger of erroneous calculation than those by which a man computes the force of his own genius.
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.
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No man is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, his fondness of himself.
No man was ever great by imitation.
No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometime tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability.
No mind is much employed upon the present recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes, than a public library.
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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.