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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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To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. – Samuel Johnson

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Getting money is not all a mans business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. – Samuel Johnson

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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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Learn to… be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. – Henri-Frédéric Amiel

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Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do. – Eric Hoffer

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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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I want to write a book which is the history of comedy. – John Cleese

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Well, the rollout of new technology always affects how wizards do business. – Diane Duane

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. – Francis Bacon

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There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you cant prove that there arent any, so shouldnt we be agnostic with respect to fairies? – Richard Dawkins

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