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Quote by Samuel Johnson
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword. – Samuel Johnson

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I am sorry I have not learnt to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness, and consolidates society. – Samuel Johnson

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Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises and by eloquence sometimes sublime and sometimes pathetick. – Samuel Johnson

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