Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, shoul…

Samuel Johnson
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Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should always doubt their conclusions ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1857). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, p.35
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