Doctor Johnson

[altariel]

oursin implores us: "When you see this entry quote from Doctor Johnson."

"No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money."
from Boswell's Life of Johnson

Courtesy of the Samuel Johnson Soundbite Page.

Comments

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

Ha! The good Dr was lucky enough to live in an era when poets still had patrons :)

I can think of a couple of real Johnson quotes but they keep being overriden by the ones from Blackadder.

[iainjcoleman.livejournal.com]

How pissed off would Johnson be if he knew the definitive, towering portrayal of himself in drama would be delivered by a Scotchman?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

"My dictionary!"

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

You mean the big papery thing tied up with string?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

"Sausage? Sausage?!"

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

Oh, blast your eyes!