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Quote by Samuel Johnson
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson

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Letters (writing)
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Samuel Johnson
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you havent courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others. – Samuel Johnson

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Courage
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Samuel Johnson
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Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it. – Mia Hamm

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good

To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. – Mark Twain

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good

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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good

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. – Buddha

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good

Random Quotes

Is it my imagination, or does shipping and handling settle a box of crackers more than it used to? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Society

Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. – Maya Angelou

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Kindness

In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment. – George Ade

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Funerals

Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God. – Augustine

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God