Samuel Johnson Quote

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave; and success and miscarriage are empty sounds.

James Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) 1755

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave; and success and miscarriage are empty sounds.

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave; and success and miscarriage are empty sounds.

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave; and success and miscarriage are empty sounds.

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave; and success and miscarriage are empty sounds.