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Every man willingly gives value to the praise which he receives, and considers the sentence passed in his favour as the sentence of discernment.
Every man willingly gives value to the praise which he receives, and considers the sentence passed in his favour as the sentence of discernment.
Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Author or tradition
- Samuel Johnson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Johnson. · page_092
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