Samuel Johnson :
A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation -- a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something.
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Letters
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Friends and Friendship
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Insults
Gift it
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