Samuel Johnson Quote

It is almost always the unhappiness of a victorious disputant to destroy his own authority by claiming too many consequences, or diffusing his proposition to an indefensible extent.


The works of Samuel Johnson (ed. 1801)


It is almost always the unhappiness of a victorious disputant to destroy his own authority by claiming too many consequences, or diffusing his...

It is almost always the unhappiness of a victorious disputant to destroy his own authority by claiming too many consequences, or diffusing his...

It is almost always the unhappiness of a victorious disputant to destroy his own authority by claiming too many consequences, or diffusing his...

It is almost always the unhappiness of a victorious disputant to destroy his own authority by claiming too many consequences, or diffusing his...