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Samuel Johnson was a 18th-century English writer and lexicographer. Samuel Johnson, often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Happiness — Thoughts on finding joy, contentment, and fulfilment

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“Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.”
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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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“There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.”
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“No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves.”
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