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Quote by Samuel Johnson
This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of miser

This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of misery. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast. – Samuel Johnson

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Murder
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Samuel Johnson
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. – Samuel Johnson

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Trust
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Samuel Johnson
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We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time… to ask for an effort in the battle against debt. – Francois Hollande

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History

People think too historically. They are always living half in a cemetery. – Aristide Briand

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History

To this wonderful page in our countrys history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters. – Giuseppe Garibaldi

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History
[H]istory gives answers only to those who know how to ask questions. – Hajo Holborn, History and the Humanities

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History

Random Quotes

Life is hopefully long, so I dont know what the future will bring. – Bethenny Frankel

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Future

A sold poem loses half its meaning. – Terri Guillemets

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Poetry

One is to ensure that the war fighters and the intelligence analysts get the information that they need when they need it, in a format thats useful to them. – Stephen Cambone

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Intelligence

While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis. – Carl Levin

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Trust