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Quote by Samuel Johnson
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be some

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. – Samuel Johnson

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To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. – Samuel Johnson

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Idleness
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Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain. – Samuel Johnson

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Pain
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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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Truth
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Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys. – Yiddish Proverb

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The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo. – Aldrich Ames

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Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Trust

Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it. – Mary Wortley Montagu

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The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar. – Jimi Hendrix

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You know, Ive got wrinkles on my forehead and smile lines, but whats wrong with that? I love to smile. – Jennifer Aniston

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However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue. – Wilhelm von Humboldt

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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. – Jean Cocteau

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