Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
Samuel Johnson
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More quotes by Samuel Johnson
- There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.
- Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
- If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
- Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
- The true art of memory is the art of attention.