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Quote by Samuel Johnson
There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction

There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction, which inclines every man first to hope, and then to believe, that Nature has given him something peculiar to himself. – Samuel Johnson

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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. – Samuel Johnson

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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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