Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed.
—Samuel Johnson in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
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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I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
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.
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