It is not uncommon to charge the difference between promise and perfor…

Samuel Johnson
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It is not uncommon to charge the difference between promise and performance, between profession and reality, upon deep design and studied deceit; but the truth is, that there is very little hypocrisy in the world. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1968). Essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler, p.286, Yale University Press
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