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Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.: Joseph Baretti, quoted in Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), (attributed)
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), quoted in Boswell's Life of Johnson
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), (attributed; also attributed to Ann Landers)

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