Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief of some pressing uneasiness, or the attainment of some near advantage.


The Rambler: In Four Volumes (ed. 1761)

Samuel Johnson Quotes

Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief...

Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief...

Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief...

Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief...