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

Samuel Johnson Quotes

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.