Quotation by

Samuel Johnson

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

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Samuel Johnson is saying that only a fool would write without expecting to be paid for it. He believes that writing should have a practical purpose, specifically earning money, rather than being done for free or purely for personal reasons.

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