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Quote by Samuel Johnson
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

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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Generations
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you havent courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others. – Samuel Johnson

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Courage
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Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain. – Samuel Johnson

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Pain
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Other Quotes from
Libraries
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Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Libraries

Librarians are generals in the war on ignorance. – Author Unknown

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Libraries

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her. – Erma Bombeck

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Libraries

Youve got to love libraries. Youve got to love books. Youve got to love poetry. Youve got to love everything about literature. Then, you can pick the one thing you love most and write about it. – Ray Bradbury

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Libraries

Random Quotes

I am grateful that I didnt let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness. – Mariska Hargitay

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Fear

All this fashion stuff – whos cool now – is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds. – Beth Ditto

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cool

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about but few have seen. – Author Unknown

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Halloween

Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain. – Anne Grant

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Sympathy