Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates. >>

Knowledge is of two kinds: We know a subject ourselves, or we know whe >>

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else. >>

Quotations about Dictionaries

Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busie >>

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not en >>

Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should >>

Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true.

Johnson, Samuel