"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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"Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.“
-Samuel Johnson
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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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