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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence. – Samuel Johnson

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What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known. – Samuel Johnson

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My mom always said I liked to stir the pot with a glittering spoon. – Kris Carr

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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. РFran̤ois VI de la Rochefoucault

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He who travels in search of something which he has not got, travels away from himself and grows old even in youth among old things. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”

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The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial… his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does. – Georg Baselitz

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We can take full comfort in realizing the continuing strength of our nation. Americas lands remain radiantly rich with diversity, and freedom still reigns. – Ben Nelson

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If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute — Ive got to have them. – Ken Dodd

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Every artist writes his own autobiography. – Havelock Ellis

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