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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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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. – Samuel Johnson

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No creature is fully itself till it is, like the dandelion, opened in the bloom of pure relationship to the sun, the entire living cosmos. – D.H. Lawrence

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I am told to just be myself, but as much as I have practiced the impression, I am still no good at it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. – Jim Morrison

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All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. – Johann von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774

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