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Quote by Samuel Johnson
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He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good. – Samuel Johnson

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Gambling (Gaming)
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Samuel Johnson
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. – Samuel Johnson

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Travel
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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. – Samuel Johnson

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Government
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Samuel Johnson
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Pain
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The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings. – William Hazlitt

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Pain

To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer. – Bodenstedt

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Pain

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset. – Thomas Jefferson

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Pain

Pains of love be sweeter far than all the other pleasures are. – John Dryden

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Pain

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