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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
—Samuel Johnson in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
The first years of man must make provision for the last.
—Samuel Johnson in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
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A rare person could make you feel good when you knew you should feel bad.
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