Samuel Johnson Quote

In youth, it is common to measure right and wrong by the opinion of the world, and in age, to act without any measure but interest, and to lose shame without substituting virtue.


The Rambler: In Four Volumes (ed. 1756)


In youth, it is common to measure right and wrong by the opinion of the world, and in age, to act without any measure but interest, and to lose shame ...

In youth, it is common to measure right and wrong by the opinion of the world, and in age, to act without any measure but interest, and to lose shame ...

In youth, it is common to measure right and wrong by the opinion of the world, and in age, to act without any measure but interest, and to lose shame ...

In youth, it is common to measure right and wrong by the opinion of the world, and in age, to act without any measure but interest, and to lose shame ...