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To get a name can happen but to few it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind,
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"To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed"

- Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson This quote is written / told by Samuel Johnson between September 18, 1709 and December 13, 1784. He was a famous Author from England. The author also have 150 other quotes.

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