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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are cal

Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate. – Samuel Johnson

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Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. – Samuel Johnson

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Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the childs rattle, and the old man does not care for the young mans whore. – Samuel Johnson

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Candor is the brightest gem of criticism. – Benjamin Disraeli

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A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty. – William Congreve

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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually? – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Im into all that sappy stuff – a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. Im kind of an old romantic. – Will Estes

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