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Consider, Sir, how insignificant this will appear a twelvemonth hence. — Samuel Johnson

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Consider, Sir, how insignificant this will appear a twelvemonth hence.

Samuel Johnson
Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell · 1763
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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.
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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry by James Boswell. 6 July 1763.

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