Famous Quotes / Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson: "The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased."


Samuel Johnson's Quotations


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SurprisesThinksThoughTogether
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