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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

It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them. – Samuel Johnson

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Hunting
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Samuel Johnson
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As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. – Samuel Johnson

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Humankind
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History
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The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags. – James Buchan

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History

In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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History

Historians are themselves products of history. – Paul K. Conkin and Roland N. Stromberg, Heritage and Challenge

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History

I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot. – Twyla Tharp

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History

Random Quotes

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. – Napoleon Hill

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Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you? – Alyssa Milano

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pet

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. – Rumi

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Rumi

And if we allow science to become politicized, then we are lost. We will enter the Internet version of the dark ages, an era of shifting fears and wild prejudices, transmitted to people who dont know any better. – Michael Crichton

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Internet