So willing is every man to flatter himself, that the difference between approving laws, and obeying them, is frequently forgotten; he that acknowledges the obligations of morality and pleases his vanity with enforcing them to others, concludes himself zealous in the cause of virtue.


The Rambler (ed. 1791)

Samuel Johnson Quotes

So willing is every man to flatter himself, that the difference between approving laws, and obeying them, is frequently forgotten; he that...

So willing is every man to flatter himself, that the difference between approving laws, and obeying them, is frequently forgotten; he that...

So willing is every man to flatter himself, that the difference between approving laws, and obeying them, is frequently forgotten; he that...

So willing is every man to flatter himself, that the difference between approving laws, and obeying them, is frequently forgotten; he that...