Life is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us be therefo…

Samuel Johnson
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Life is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us be therefore cautious of how we strip her. ✨ Hester Lynch Piozzi, Samuel Johnson (1826). Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last twenty years of his life, p.231
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