Samuel Johnson Quote

There are minds so impatient of inferiority, that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.


in The Rambler 15 January 1751


There are minds so impatient of inferiority, that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority, that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority, that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority, that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a...