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

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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. – Samuel Johnson

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Knowledge
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Samuel Johnson
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Dont think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. – Samuel Johnson

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Retirement
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. – Samuel Johnson

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Food
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. – Tacitus

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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. – John F. Kennedy

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Im sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasnt on our radar screen. We were just making great software. – Bill Gates

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I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. – Muhammad Ali

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Religion can be both good and bad – it is spirituality that counts. – Pat Buckley

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The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety. – Edward Young

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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. – Leon Trotsky

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Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd. – Benjamin Disraeli

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