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His Readers Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation has something peculiar…
- By the consultation of books, whether of dead or living authors, many temptations of petulance and opposition, which occur in oral conferences, are avoided. An…
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- I know that no reader ever asks a question. A writer must force his favors upon his readers. — Jan Neruda
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