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No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.

~Samuel Johnson

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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

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Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

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The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

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I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.

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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.

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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

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Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: September 18th, 1709

Died: December 13th, 1784

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