Creative Quotations from . . .
Samuel Johnson
(1709-1784) born on Sep 18
English "lexicographer, critic". "He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and "Dictionary of the English Language," 1755."
 
   
F
Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see.

R
"Were it not for imagination, Sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a Duchess."
A
"Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things."
N
You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.
K
"Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. . . . This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Referring to the Giant's Causeway. Life of Johnson," (J. Boswell), Vol. III"
R: "Life of Johnson," (J. Boswell), Vol. III"
A: "Quoted in: James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 26 Oct. 1769 (1791)."
N: ""Critique of Pure Reason," "Transcendental Doctrine of Method," ch. 2, sct. 2, 1781."
K: "Quoted in: James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 28 April 1778 (1791)."



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