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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise. – Samuel Johnson

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The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. – Samuel Johnson

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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. – Samuel Johnson

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The more extensive a mans knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. – Benjamin Disraeli

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So Id be quite happy to have a three-hour Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Barack Obama. Id let him use a teleprompter. Ill just rely on knowledge. Well do fine. – Newt Gingrich

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Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value. – Louis LAmour

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Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge within a community of believers. – Amy Waldman

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