Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the >>

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when >>

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives t >>

Quotations about Critics and Criticism

Critics are those who have failed in literature and art. >>

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about >>

The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labor in the >>

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.

Johnson, Samuel