In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary …

Samuel Johnson
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In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1782). The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, Accurately Extracted from the Works of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and Arranged in Alphabetical Order, After the Manner of the Duke de la Roche-Foucault's Maxims, p.69
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