Samuel Johnson

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

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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

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

Samuel Johnson

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

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

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