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There must always be some advantage on one side or the other, and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance.

There must always be some advantage on one side or the other, and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance.

Samuel Johnson

Sides, Chance, Talent

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1786). “Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales”, p.29

His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed.

Samuel Johnson

Void, Talent, Virtue

Samuel Johnson (1816). “The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author's Life”, p.109

Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie and deceive.

Samuel Johnson

Lying, Deceit, Talent

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Robert Carruthers (1852). “The journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.”, p.171