Quote#Pain
There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every…
Quote bySamuel Johnson · 1709–1784
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Taxation No Tyranny (1775).
English (original)
There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.
— Samuel Johnson
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