The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because th…

Samuel Johnson
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1782). The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, p.231
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1782). The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, p.231

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