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Old 13-11-2007, 22:59   #122
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Re: An article that I couldn't help smiling at...

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When we see men grow old and die at a certain time one after another, from century to century, we laugh at the elixir that promises to prolong life to a thousand years; and with equal justice may the lexicographer be derided, who, being able to produce no example of a nation that has preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm his language, and secure it from corruption and decay.

Samuel Johnson was a pompous s**t, but he did make some good points.
Who is quoting who?
What ever you are on Eric - I could do with some of it [/quote]

I think there is misattribution going on: However, it is "Who is quoting whom"? And the substance is called Northern Lights, a rather nice strain of British Columbia's largest cash crop.
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