A Good Local

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
—  Samuel Johnson
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On This Day In:
2016	Life Unlimited
2015	Still Trying
2014	Destiny, n.
2013	No Apologies
2012	Utterly Convinced
2011	A Key To Effectiveness

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Do You Know Me?

We are inclined to believe those we do not know, because they have never deceived us.
—  Dr. Samuel Johnson
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On This Day In:
2014	Tough Journalism
2013	Things I’ve Learned
2012	Abstainer, n.
2011	Rain, Rain, Rain
	Test Your Strength
2009	End the mistakes…

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All Omissions Are Mine

When it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed.
—  Samuel Johnson
From the Preface to his “English Dictionary“
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On This Day In:
2014	Precise Order
2013	Uh, No. Not Really…
	Deep Regions
2012	A Pre-Valentine’s Day Message
2011	Easy Like Sunday Morning
	May I Have A Little More, Please…
2010	Valleys and Peaks

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Whiner(s)

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
—  Samuel Johnson
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On This Day In:
2013	Just Passing Through
2012	Dog-gone Heaven
2011	Occasional, Sad Results

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Wisdom’s Folly

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
 

—  Dr. Samuel Johnson
 

 

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Why I Joined The Army And Not The Navy…

Being in a ship is being in jail, with the chance of being drowned.
 

—  Samuel Johnson
 

[And of course way back then, there were NO females on board…  —  KMAB]
 

 

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Hopeful Flights

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
 

—  Samuel Johnson
from: “The Rambler”
 

 

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