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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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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef love, like being enlivened with champagne. – Samuel Johnson

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Friendship
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My disposition as a human being is kind of a go-along-to-get-along person. I tend to trust authority. – Chris Hayes

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I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop – it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics but I trust my family jewels only to Linux. – Donald Knuth

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I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through. – Peter Straub

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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. – English Proverb

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Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves. – Kenneth Branagh

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The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul. – Walter Raleigh

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