Famous Quotes | When I was as you are now,...

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I now am. - Samuel Johnson
Attribution: Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British author, lexicographer. Letter, January 9, 1758. James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791).

Categories: Age And Aging: Twenties, Author, Lexicographer

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