Quote #77
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us.
More from Samuel Johnson
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- To a pet nothing can be useless.
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- Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed.
- He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
- Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.