Samuel Johnson Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784
Birthday: September 18
Death: December 13
Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.
source: Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds, 17 July 1771, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 141
topic: Men, Wish, Native Place, Lurking
