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Samuel Johnson Quotes: If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
         

If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.


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