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Samuel Johnson Quotes: When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
         

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.


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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.



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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.



When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.



He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.



Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.





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