It is 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. (Samuel Johnson)

It is 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.

Samuel Johnson

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