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Quotes by Samuel Johnson

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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

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Of all that have tried the selfish experiment, let one come forth and say he has succeeded. He that has made gold his idol, has it satisfied him? He that has toiled in the field of ambition, has he been repaid? He that has ransacked every theater of sensual enjoyment, is he content? Can any answer in the affirmative? Not one!