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“I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, "Verify your quotations.”
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- quote
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- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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Samuel Johnson
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.”
Richard Bentley
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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