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Posted on October 19, 2022October 19, 2022

“While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert it only irritates.”—Dr. Samuel Johnson, English essayist, 1709-1784

Posted on December 15, 2021

“To burn always with this hard gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.”—Walter Pater, English essayist, 1839-1894

Posted on February 7, 2021February 7, 2021

“Language is the dress of thought.”—Dr. Samuel Johnson, English essayist, 1709-1784

Posted on February 1, 2018February 8, 2018

“Credulity is the man’s weakness, but the child’s strength.”—Charles Lamb, English essayist, 1775-1834

Posted on May 12, 2017May 12, 2017

“There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.”—Joseph Addison, English essayist, 1672-1719

Posted on March 21, 2017March 21, 2017

“Vulgarity often cuts ice which refinement scrapes at vainly.”—Max Beerbohm, English essayist, 1872-1956

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