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By writing, you learn to write.

Samuel Johnson

The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.

Samuel Johnson

While an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate him by his best.

Samuel Johnson

What is more enchanting than the voices of young people when you can't hear what they say?

Samuel Johnson

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at a very small expense.

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Political Movements Quote

My interest is not in the capture of power, but in the control of power by the people.

- Jayaprakash Narayan

Understanding Quote

To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy.

- Sun Yat-sen

Friend Quote

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

- Walter Winchell

Life Quote

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends.

- John Lennon

Relationship Quote

A woman we love rarely satisfies all our needs, and we deceive her with a woman whom we do not love.

- Marcel Proust

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