A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority…

Samuel Johnson
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A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 3, p. 36 (11 April 1776)
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A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 3, p. 36 (11 April 1776)

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