Samuel Johnson Quote

Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few materials for its own operations, and preserves safety, but never gains supremacy.

The lives of the English poets: and a criticism of their works (ed. 1781)

Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few materials for its ...

Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few materials for its ...

Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few materials for its ...

Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few materials for its ...