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Quote by Samuel Johnson
A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult li

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson

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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. – Samuel Johnson

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Or dont you like to write letters. I do because its such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel youve done something. – Ernest Hemingway

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