But whatever be the motive of insult, it is always best to overlook it, for folly scarcely can deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
–Dr. Samuel Johnson, quoted in Paul Fussell, Samuel Johnson and the Life of Writing
But whatever be the motive of insult, it is always best to overlook it, for folly scarcely can deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
–Dr. Samuel Johnson, quoted in Paul Fussell, Samuel Johnson and the Life of Writing