Samuel Johnson Quotes about Fame
Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.39
We have always pretensions to fame which, in our own hearts, we know to be disputable.
Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.271
Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1857). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius”, p.141