The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of …

Samuel Johnson
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The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful truth in a few words. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1761). The Rambler: In Four Volumes, p.76
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