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A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.
A man had rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be told.
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.
A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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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.