"I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual."
― Samuel Johnson
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More From Samuel Johnson
- "There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either."
- "Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions."
- "The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book."
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