Wednesday, April 6, 2022

The Johnsonian Golden Rule - Pay the attention to others that you would have them pay unto you.

From The Rambler, Issue date: 1751 September 24, Number 159 by Samuel Johnson.  A kind of Johnsonian version of the Golden Rule - Pay the attention to others that you would have them pay unto you.  

But the truth is, that no man is much regarded by the rest of the world, except where the interest of others is involved in his fortune. The common employments or pleasures of life, love or opposition, loss or gain, keep almost every mind in perpetual agitation. If any man would consider how little he dwells upon the condition of others, he would learn how little the attention of others is attracted by himself.

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