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That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.

Source: Rambler, no. 4 (London, 31 March 1750; repr. in Works of Samuel Johnson, vol. 3, ed. by W. J. Bate and 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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