Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put o >>

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. >>

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good >>

Quotations about Dictionaries

Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only ho >>

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

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

Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few.

Johnson, Samuel