Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejud…

Samuel Johnson
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Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favour, which an artful flatterer may gradually strengthen, till wishes for a particular qualification are improved to hopes of attainment, and hopes of attainment to belief of possession. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752, p.323
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