Samuel Johnson Quote

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.


The Beauties of Johnson (ed. 1782)


Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.