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A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.

~James Boswell

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It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

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What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

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For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

~James Boswell

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Lawyer

Born: October 29th, 1740

Died: May 19th, 1795

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