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In my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.

Samuel Johnson
Book, Reflection, Years
In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 1, p. 445 (21 July 1763)
In my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.