Samuel Johnson Quote

They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their actions fortuitous, destroy the value of their friendship, obstruct the efficacy of their virtues, and set them below the meanest of those who persist in their resolutions, execute what they design, and perform what they have promised.

The Rambler (ed. 1792)

They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their...

They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their...

They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their...

They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their...