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Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. - Samuel Johnson
Attribution: Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British author, lexicographer. Dictionary of the English Language, preface (1755).

Categories: Author, Dictionaries, Lexicographer

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