Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. ✨ O…

Samuel Johnson
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Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. ✨ On the death of Mr Levett, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 137 (20 January 1782)
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