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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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“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”
“If a man could half his wishes he would double his troubles.”
“Your race, in its poverty, has unquestionably one really effective weapon—laughter.”
“My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.”