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Contemptible Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible.
- There is no being so poor and so contemptible, who does not think there is somebody still poorer, and still more contemptible.
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- Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible. — Samuel Johnson