"An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost."

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Source: Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi (2013). “Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: To Which Are Added Some Poems Never Before Printed”, p.326, Cambridge University Press

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Samuel Johnson

Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic

Samuel Johnson was an 18th-century English writer and lexicographer, known for his influential work 'A Dictionary of the English Language' and his profound insights into human nature.

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