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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. - Sa

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. – Samuel Johnson

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The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue. – Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson
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If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already. – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork. – Milton Friedman

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Historians and archaeologists will one day discover that the ads of our time are the richest and most faithful reflections that any society ever made of its entire range of activities. – Marshall McLuhan

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What is a society without a heroic dimension? – Jean Baudrillard

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