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Quote by Samuel Johnson
In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. - Samuel Johnson

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away. It is the putrefaction of stagnant life, and is remedied by exercise and motion. – Samuel Johnson

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Exercise
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Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain. – Samuel Johnson

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Pain
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When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints. – Samuel Johnson

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Complaining
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Samuel Johnson
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Other Quotes from
Epitaphs
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Oh, write of me, not Died in bitter pains, but Emigrated to another star! – Helen Hunt Jackson

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Epitaphs

Posterity will never survey a nobler grave than this: here lie the bones of Castlereagh: stop, traveler, and piss. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Epitaphs

The epitaphs on tombstones of a great many people should read: Died at thirty, and buried at sixty. – Nicholas Murray Butler

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Epitaphs

Dont pity me now, dont pity me never; Im going to do nothing for ever and ever. – James Agate

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Epitaphs

Random Quotes

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. – Peter Ustinov

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Humor

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing. – Victor Hugo

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Faith

Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful. – Francis Ford Coppola

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Patriotism

When money talks, no one checks the grammar. – Author unknown

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Grammar