Quote by Samuel Johnson
The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order t

The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. – Samuel Johnson

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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. – Samuel Johnson

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Small debts are like small shot they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon of loud noise, but little danger. – Samuel Johnson

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You are not a beautiful, unique snowflake… This is your life, and its ending one minute at a time. – Chuck Palahniuk

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Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time. – Margaret Mead

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