I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of h…

Samuel Johnson
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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1840). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq, p.486
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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1840). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq, p.486

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