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“A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.”

— Samuel Johnson, Boswell, Life of Johnson (1791)

About Samuel Johnson

1709 – 1784

English writer, critic and lexicographer, compiler of 'A Dictionary of the English Language' (1755), whose conversation was recorded by James Boswell.

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