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As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some individuals suffer. When so much general productive exertion is the consequence of luxury, the nation does not care though there are debtors; nay, they would not care though their creditors were there too.   Johnson, Samuel

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Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English critic, poet and essayist.

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