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The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give.
For we that live to please, must please to live.

The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give.
For we that live to please, must please to live.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Acting Quotes,
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

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Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation read more

Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Pity Quotes,
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Falsehood Quotes,
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A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool on the other

A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool on the other

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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