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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honour. . .

Source: Rambler, no. 68 (London, 10 Nov. 1750; repr. in Works of Samuel Johnson, Yale Edition, vol. 3, ed. by W. J. Bate & Albrecht B. Strauss, 1969).
-- 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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