This mournful truth is everywhere confessed, slow rises worth by pover…

Samuel Johnson
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This mournful truth is everywhere confessed, slow rises worth by poverty depressed. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1977). Selected Poetry and Prose, p.52, Univ of California Press
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