A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have ris…

Samuel Johnson
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A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. ✨ James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1866). The Life of Samuel Johnson, p.2
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