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Quote by Samuel Johnson
A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman. – Samuel Johnson

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Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. – Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson
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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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I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men. – Richard Baxter

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Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. – Samuel Johnson

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Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic. – Hosea Ballou

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There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls. – Proverb

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