Few things are so liberally bestowed, or squandered with so little eff…

Samuel Johnson
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Few things are so liberally bestowed, or squandered with so little effect, as good advice. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1848). The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler, p.201
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