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Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true.

Source: Boswell's 'Life of Samuel 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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