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The common people do not accurately adapt their thoughts to objects; nor, secondly, do they accurately adapt their words to their thoughts; they do not mean to lie; but, taking no pains to be exact, they give you very false accounts. a great part of their language is proverbial; if anything rocks at all, they say it rocks like a cradle; and in this way they go on.
-Samuel Johnson
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The Common People Do Not Accurately Adapt

Samuel Johnson
The common people do not accurately adapt their thoughts to objects; nor, secondly, do they accurately adapt their words to their thoughts; they do not mean to lie; but, taking no pains to be exact, they give you very false accounts. a great part of their language is proverbial; if anything rocks at all, they say it rocks like a cradle; and in this way they go on.
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