"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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"The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.“
-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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"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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