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The Usual Fortune Of Complaint Is To Excite Contempt More Than Pity. -- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
-- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
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Bollocks, said Pooh, being more forthright than usual.