Samuel Johnson Quotes on Merit
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If lawyers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim.
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He who praises everybody praises nobody.
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My friend was of opinion that when a man of rank appeared in that character [as an author], he deserved to have his merit handsomely allowed.