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“We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us.”

— Samuel Johnson, The Idler, No. 80 (27 October 1759)
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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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