There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more…

Samuel Johnson
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There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree to be weary alike of pleasures and of cares; that the powerful and the weak, the celebrated and obscure, join in one common wish, and implore from nature's hand the nectar of oblivion. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1810). The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An essay on his life and genius, p.127
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