Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at ver…

Samuel Johnson
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Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a critic. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1977). Selected Poetry and Prose, p.252, Univ of California Press
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Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a critic. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1977). Selected Poetry and Prose, p.252, Univ of California Press

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