A merchant may, perhaps, be a man of an enlarged mind, but there is no…

Samuel Johnson
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A merchant may, perhaps, be a man of an enlarged mind, but there is nothing in trade connected with an enlarged mind. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2010). Journey to the Hebrides: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, p.411, Canongate Books
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A merchant may, perhaps, be a man of an enlarged mind, but there is nothing in trade connected with an enlarged mind. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2010). Journey to the Hebrides: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, p.411, Canongate Books

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