About Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (18 September [O.S. 7 September] 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man...
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A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
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Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean.
—Pema Chödrön in When Things Fall Apart