Samuel Johnson's Quote - All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evi

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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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Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor. – Samuel Johnson

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There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern. – Samuel Johnson

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The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied. – Samuel Johnson

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