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

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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. – 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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An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching. – Proverb

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The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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