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Quote by Samuel Johnson
My diseases are an asthma and a dropsy and, what is less curable,

My diseases are an asthma and a dropsy and, what is less curable, seventy-five. – Samuel Johnson

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In a mans letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives. – Samuel Johnson

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Letters (writing)
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There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex. – Samuel Johnson

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Age
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This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions. – Lord Byron

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An old woman looks in a mirror, recalls a little girl with a rag doll, and wonders what became of the little girl. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Im at peace with myself and where I am. In the past, I was always looking to see how everybody else was doing. I wasnt competitive, I was comparative. I just wanted to be where everybody else was. Now Ive gotten to an age when I am not comparing anymore. – Courteney Cox

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Im happy to report that my inner child is still ageless. – James Broughton

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Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts mans moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening. – Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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