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He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel.   Johnson, Samuel

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Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English critic, poet and essayist.

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