Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment. >>

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability. >>

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates hi >>

Quotations about Editing and Editors

The work was like peeling an onion. The outer skin came off with diffi >>

In art economy is always beauty. >>

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself. >>

Read your own compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

Johnson, Samuel