Samuel Johnson Quote

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale. In Two Volumes (ed. 1759)

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.