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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and

Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. – Samuel Johnson

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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. – Samuel Johnson

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Government
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I am sorry I have not learnt to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness, and consolidates society. – Samuel Johnson

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Sports :: Poker
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Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in which, after having abused it for so long, you are stupefied by its innocence. – Jean Baudrillard

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Conversation is the slowest form of human communication. – Author Unknown

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The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. – Lewis Thomas

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A different language is a different vision of life. – Federico Fellini

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The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in. – Bill Copeland

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