Samuel Johnson quote: Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who while...

Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who while he was chill was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted it in poison.

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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.416

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Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who while he was chill was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted it in poison. - Samuel Johnson

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