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Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), often referred to as Dr. Johnson , was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. He was a devout Anglican. Politically, he was a committed Tory. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes Johnson as “arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history”. He is the subject of James Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson , described by Walter Jackson Bate as “the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature”
“Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”
“My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. ”
“I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.”
“It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.”
“You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.”
“This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”
(in describing himself). "…a hardened tea drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning."
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- - - - - - -“My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. ”
“I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.”
“It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.”
“You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.”
“This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”
(in describing himself). "…a hardened tea drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning."