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Worst Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for…
- While an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate him by his best.
- Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
- I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.
- When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.
- While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and when he is dead we rate them by his best
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