Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be ca…

Samuel Johnson
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Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will not condescend to recommend himself by external embellishments must submit to the fate of just sentiment meanly expressed, and be ridiculed and forgotten before he is understood. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1784). The Rambler: In Four Volumes.., p.49
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