Samuel Johnson
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The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener is necessary to the accommodation of all those who desire to be confirmed in the opinion of their own wisdom: a patient listener, however, is not always to be had; the present age, whatever age is present, is so vitiated and disordered, that young people are readier to talk than to attend, and good counsel is only thrown away upon those who are full of their own perfections. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1811). The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, p.174

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