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There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either. – Samuel Johnson

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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. – Samuel Johnson

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The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef love, like being enlivened with champagne. – 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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