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“ ”Better to save a citizen than to kill an enemy.
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
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
"I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark." Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.