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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

Source: Life of Johnson
-- 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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