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Ruffian Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
- There ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey.
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- I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian. — Samuel Johnson
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- There ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey. — Samuel Johnson
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