Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. ✨…

Samuel Johnson
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752, p.235
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