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"I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke."
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
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Example is always more efficacious than precept.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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And lonely want retir'd to die.
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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
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Language is the dress of thought.
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In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.
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Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.
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Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.
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