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“ ”Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings
About Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [7 September O.S.] – 13 December 1784) was a British author, linguist and lexicographer. He is often referred to as simply Dr. Johnson in the history of literature and is regarded as the greatest man of letters in English history.
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Additional quotes by Samuel Johnson
"Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence."
(<i>Essay on Tea</i>, 1757.)
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.