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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. - S

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. – Samuel Johnson

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As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. – Samuel Johnson

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