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Quote by Samuel Johnson
It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence

It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation. – Samuel Johnson

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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. – Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson
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It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad. – La Rochefoucauld, Reflections, 1665

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Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence — those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. – Aldous Huxley, Island

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So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury and make sharper the contrast between the House of Have and the House of Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent. – Henry George, Progress and Poverty, 1879

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If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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