Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.
Samuel JohnsonHe that pines with hunger, is in little care how others shall be fed. The poor man is seldom studious to make his grandson rich.
Samuel JohnsonThat observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.
Samuel JohnsonThat there is something in advice very useful and salutary, seems to be equally confessed on all hands; since even those that reject it, allow for the most part that rejection to be wrong, but charge the fault upon the unskilful manner in which it is given; they admit the efficacy of the medicine, but abhor the nauseousness of the vehicle.
Samuel Johnson