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Blown Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside
- The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps…
- No wonder, Sir, that he is vain; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be conceived. So many bellows have blown…
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