Ocupation: Writer
Life: September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784
Birthday: September 18
Death: December 13
Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.
source: Samuel Johnson (2009). “Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings”, p.58, Harvard University Press
topic: Power, Envy, May, Boasters, Human Power