About Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (18 September [O.S. 7 September] 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer and polymath who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer (creator of dictionaries). The work for which he is best known...
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There are people I know who won't hurt me. I call them corpses.
There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
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They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps.
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
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