Famous Quotes | BOSWELL. “I have often blamed...

BOSWELL. “I have often blamed myself, Sir, for not feeling for others as sensibly as many say they do.” JOHNSON. “Sir, don’t be duped by them any more. You will find these very feeling people are not very ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling.” - Samuel Johnson
Attribution: Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British author, lexicographer. (Originally published 1791). Boswell’s Life of Johnson, Oct. 19, 1769, p. 416, Oxford University Press (1980).

Categories: Author, Lexicographer, Rewards, Selfishness, Sympathy

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