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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Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it. – Samuel Johnson

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To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. – 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 easier to exemplify values than teach them. – Theodore Hesburgh

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