Samuel Johnson's Quote - To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is f

Quote by Samuel Johnson

To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly. – Samuel Johnson

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I would advise you Sir, to study algebra, if you are not already an adept in it: your head would be less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbors about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin and sorrow. – Samuel Johnson

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Mathematics

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Samuel Johnson

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Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. – Samuel Johnson

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Fish, Fishing

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Samuel Johnson

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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. – Samuel Johnson

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Be Yourself

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