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Samuel Johnson
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Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach. ✨ A Dictionary of the English Language preface (1755)
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He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1797). The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, Etc. (A New Edition, Being the … ▶
Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable. ✨ James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: … ▶
Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. ✨ Attributed, in Hawker 'Instruc … ▶
Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to atta … ▶
He was so generally civil, that nobody thanked him for it. ✨ James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1866). The Life of Samuel Johnson, p.122

Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach. ✨ A Dictionary of the English Language preface (1755)

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