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Very few live by choice. Every man is placed in his present condition by causes which acted without his foresight, and with which he did not always willingly cooperate; and therefore you will rarely meet one who does not think the lot of his neighbor better than his own.
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich, beyond the dreams of avarice.
We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.
We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide.
We would all be idle if we could.
Were it not for imagination, Sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a Duchess.
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence.
What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressad by nickname, expected to participate in Show And Tell, and bullied out of any desire form privacy, is not democracy; it is kindergarten. Judith Martin, (Miss Manners) #1480 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.