That there is something in advice very useful and salutary, seems to b…

Samuel Johnson
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That there is something in advice very useful and salutary, seems to be equally confessed on all hands; since even those that reject it, allow for the most part that rejection to be wrong, but charge the fault upon the unskilful manner in which it is given; they admit the efficacy of the medicine, but abhor the nauseousness of the vehicle. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1823). The works of Samuel Johnson, p.440
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