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Samuel Johnson Quotes
	You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle. Samuel Johnson Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
	Type: Author Quotes Category: English Author Quotes Date of Birth: September 18, 1709 Date of Death: December 13, 1784 Nationality: English Amazon: Samuel Johnson on Amazon	Related Authors: Evelyn Waugh H. G. Wells Lewis Carroll Samuel Johnson Walter Bagehot Anthony Trollope Thomas More Penelope Lively
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