Samuel Johnson quote: There is no being so poor and so contemptible, who...

There is no being so poor and so contemptible, who does not think there is somebody still poorer, and still more contemptible.

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James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.10

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There is no being so poor and so contemptible, who does not think there is somebody still poorer, and still more contemptible. - Samuel Johnson

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