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Quote by Samuel Johnson
The two offices of memory are collection and distribution. - Samue

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson

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Letters (writing)
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Samuel Johnson
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Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Evangelism
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Samuel Johnson
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Memory
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Adulthood is when the ghosts of childhood appear. – Terri Guillemets

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Memory

We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that make us flinch. – Surya Das

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Memory

Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart. – Thomas Fuller

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Memory

When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets. – Proverb

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Memory

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