The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of…

Samuel Johnson
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The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1837). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq, p.108
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The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1837). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq, p.108

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