Samuel Johnson quote: All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It...

All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.

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Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 25 Apr. 1778)

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All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare. - Samuel Johnson

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