About Samuel Johnson
1709 – 1784
English writer, critic and lexicographer, compiler of 'A Dictionary of the English Language' (1755), whose conversation was recorded by James Boswell.
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“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”
“A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged.”
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.”