Samuel Johnson Quote

I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke.

Letter to Hester Thrale (5 July 1783)

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I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke.

I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke.

I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke.

I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke.