I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. — Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
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— Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
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