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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

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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. – Samuel Johnson

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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. – Samuel Johnson

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Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good. – Samuel Johnson

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Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another. – Homer

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To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up. – Oscar Wilde

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It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. – Desiderius Erasmus

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Ride the energy of your own unique spirit. – Gabrielle Roth

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