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    Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). “The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals”, p.282
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The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to the torture and is not obliged to speak the truth. - Samuel Johnson
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