Samuel Johnson Quote

A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will be remembered, and brought out against him upon some subsequent occasion.

The Portable Johnson & Boswell (ed. New York, 1947)

A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will be remembered, and...

A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will be remembered, and...

A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will be remembered, and...

A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will be remembered, and...