Samuel Johnson

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

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These are some quotes by English author Samuel Johnson Author, who lived between September 18, 1709 and December 13, 1784.

Quotes by Samuel Johnson

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

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Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

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