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«There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence»
«Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself»
«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»
«Claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy»
«Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.»
«Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor»
«Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of youth»
Author: Samuel Johnson
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«Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.»
«It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.»
«Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.»
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