Samuel Johnson Quote

Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire.


The Beauties of Johnson (ed. 1782)


Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire.

Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire.

Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire.

Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire.