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

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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition. He that sinks under the fatigue of getting wealth, lulls his age with the milder business of saving it. – Samuel Johnson

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If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman. – Samuel Johnson

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