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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vi

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice. – Samuel Johnson

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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain. – Samuel Johnson

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If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. – Napoleon Hill

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Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each others welfare, social justice can never be attained. – Helen Keller

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