High people, sir, are the best; take a hundred ladies of quality, you'…

Samuel Johnson
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High people, sir, are the best; take a hundred ladies of quality, you'll find them better wives, better mothers, more willing to sacrifice their own pleasures to their children, than a hundred other woman. ✨ James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1866). The Life of Samuel Johnson, p.239
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