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Quote by Samuel Johnson
They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing mas

They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master. – Samuel Johnson

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You cant be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute whos for you and whos against you. – Samuel Johnson

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Politics
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Samuel Johnson
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There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. – Samuel Johnson

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Art
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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

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Evangelism
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Samuel Johnson
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People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after. – Oliver Goldsmith

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It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words. – Eric Hoffer

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Example

No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist. – Andre Breton

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Example

He teaches me to be good that does me good. – Thomas Fuller

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If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Forgiveness

I say there is not more happiness for me than the freedom of my Homeland. – Islom Karimov

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Happiness

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends — it gives a lovely light! – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Excess

Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction. – Joan D. Vinge

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Science