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Quote by Samuel Johnson
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now

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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Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. – Samuel Johnson

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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. – Samuel Johnson

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O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other. – Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution

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