The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

-- Samuel Johnson

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You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.

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Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.

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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. –

-- Samuel Johnson

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