When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates hi…

Samuel Johnson
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. ✨ Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 19 Sept. 1777)
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. ✨ Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 19 Sept. 1777)

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