490. Cattiness
"To mock the heaviest of human afflictions is neither charitable
nor wise."
Johnson: Rasselas [Imlac]
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Rasselas.
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943. Cattiness
"It is very easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has nobody
to please but himself, to ridicule or censure the common
practices of mankind."
Johnson: Idler #28 (October 28, 1758)
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1,576. Cattiness
"The world will never be long without some good reason to hate
the unhappy."
Johnson: Adventurer #99 (October 16, 1753)
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