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Samuel Johnson English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.



While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

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