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The insolence of wealth will creep out.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Let him go abroad to a distant country let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil, where he is known.
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