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Quote by Samuel Johnson
It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none sho

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. – Samuel Johnson

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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. – Samuel Johnson

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Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the childs rattle, and the old man does not care for the young mans whore. – Samuel Johnson

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We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us. – Lionel Trilling

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Womens rights is not only an abstraction, a cause it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us it is also about me and you. Just the two of us. – Toni Morrison

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I was wrong to grow older. Pity. I was so happy as a child. РAntoine de Saint-Exup̩ry, Flight to Arras, 1942, translated from French by Lewi

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Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens and real diseases are useful material. – Susan Sontag

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