From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise ✨ Sam…

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From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise ✨ Samuel Johnson (1805). A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples from the Best Writers, to which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, p.692
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