Famous Quotes | His scorn of the great is...

His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises. - Samuel Johnson
Attribution: Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British author, lexicographer. “Pope,” Lives of the English Poets (1779-1781). Referring to Alexander Pope.

Categories: Author, Envy, Lexicographer

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