"A continual feast of commendation is only to……" — Samuel Johnson
"A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them."
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Samuel Johnson
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
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