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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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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. – Samuel Johnson

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