No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in total idleness, and have never yet endeavoured to be useful.


The Rambler: In Four Volumes (ed. 1761)

Samuel Johnson Quotes

No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in total idleness,...

No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in total idleness,...

No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in total idleness,...

No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in total idleness,...