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A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

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A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

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I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

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If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.

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He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

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I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

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We must take our friends as they are.

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I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson.

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I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

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There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Lawyer

Born: October 29th, 1740

Died: May 19th, 1795

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