If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue an…

Samuel Johnson
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If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons. ✨ Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 14 July 1763)
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If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons. ✨ Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 14 July 1763)

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