Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLiberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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