"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
-Samuel Johnson
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"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.“
-Samuel Johnson
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"Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth."
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"Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise."
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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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"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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"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."
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