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Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Want of tenderness is want of parts, and is no less a proof of stupidity than depravity.
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