We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling vessel drop… — Samuel Johnson
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell · 1777
★ 1.9Provenance
Current citation
Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.
Original citation
Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 19 Sept. 1777.
