I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves…

Samuel Johnson
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I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1836). Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson, p.88
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