Samuel Johnson Quote

There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience of imposing on the ignorance or credulity of others so frequently occur; so many immediate evils are


The Rambler: In Four Volumes (ed. 1761)


There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience...

There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience...

There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience...

There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience...