It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honor, and fictitious benevolence. - Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson: "It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honor, and fictitious benevolence."

Samuel Johnson's Quotations

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Alike	Benevolence	Dressed	Either
Embroidery	Estimate	Every	Felicity
Fictitious	Home	Honor	Indeed
Just	Make	Mind	Must
Occasional	Often	Painted	Show
Smiles	Virtue

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