Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labour; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
Samuel JohnsonEnglish author and poet 18 September 1709 — 13 December 1784 |
quoted by James Boswell in The Life of Samuel JohnsonPage 9 |
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