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Quote by Samuel Johnson
A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but

A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. – Samuel Johnson

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Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. – Samuel Johnson

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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. – Samuel Johnson

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The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt. – H. L. Mencken

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Its not a slam at you when people are rude — its a slam at the people theyve met before. – Source Unknown

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I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when theyre right. If you have a nerd character but youre kind of a cool guy, youre probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me. – Ed Helms

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Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. – Sidney Altman

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In the mountains the shortest route is from peak to peak but for that you must have long legs. Aphorisms should be peaks, and those to whom they are spoken should be big and tall of stature. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “Of Reading and Writing,” Thus Spake Zara

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Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls dont have time. – Tallulah Bankhead

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