Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised perfidy grow faithless to each other.


The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets (ed. 1787)

Samuel Johnson Quotes

Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised...

Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised...

Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised...

Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised...