You may translate books of science exactly. ... The beauties of poetry…

Samuel Johnson
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You may translate books of science exactly. ... The beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written. ✨ Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals, p.264
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Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1840). The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson..., p.308
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In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1782). The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observation … ▶
The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking ✨ 1750-2 In The Rambler.
He said that few people had intellectual resources sufficient to forgo the pleasures of wine. They could not otherwise contrive how to fill the interval between dinner and supper.

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