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Samuel Johnson

"Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it."

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"Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it."

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"Life is all about discovery."

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"Knowledge is as infinite as the universe. The man who claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing."

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