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Samuel Johnson
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Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 475 (27 March 1776)
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Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 475 (27 March 1776)

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