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Quote by Samuel Johnson
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrate

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see. – Samuel Johnson

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Beauty
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Samuel Johnson
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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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Portraits
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Samuel Johnson
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Other Quotes from
Carpe Diem
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. – Mark Twain

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Carpe Diem

Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear. – Author Unknown

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Carpe Diem

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. – Author unknown, sometimes attributed to W.M. Lewis

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Carpe Diem

Every man dies. Not every man really lives. – Braveheart

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Carpe Diem

Random Quotes

Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while. – Jack Welch

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Business

What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame but something wild to run with. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Relationships

He that is doing nothing is seldom in need of helpers. – Proverb

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Laziness

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart. – Kevyn Aucoin

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Life