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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 4094 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) |
| QUOTATION: | Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Johnsoniana. Piozzi, 178. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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