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Dictionaries Are Like Watches, The Worst Is Better Than None, And The Best Cannot Be Expected To Go Quite True.
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Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none, and the
best cannot be expected to go quite true.
Samuel Johnson ['Boswell's Life of', 1784]
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