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Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away.

Source: In Rambler, no. 47 (London), 28 Aug 1750.
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.

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