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He who praises every body, praises nobody.
Johnson, Samuel
Source: Attributed to SAMUEL JOHNSON, Johnsoniana, The European Magazine and London Review, January 1785, p. 55.The anecdote which quotes this line was reprinted in The Works of Samuel Johnson, vol. 11 , p. 216 . According to George Birkbeck Hill, Johnsonian Miscellanies, vol. 2, pp. 1, 312 , the author of this anecdote was George Steevens. · This quote is filed under Uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation · Tell us if you know any facts or errors in this quote · Make a shirt with this quote on our USA or UK shop · Help your friends discover QB
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He who praises every body, praises nobody.