Samuel Johnson
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All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle. ✨ James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, p.412

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