Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy m…

Samuel Johnson
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Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2009). Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings, p.58, Harvard University Press
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Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2009). Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings, p.58, Harvard University Press

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