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5,142 ratings, 3.79 average rating, 324 reviews. Open Preview. The Life of Samuel Johnson Quotes Showing 1-17 of 17. “It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.”. ― James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson.
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James Boswell's quote, "Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eaten and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him," holds profound truth about the intricacies of understanding and depicting someone's life.
Jan 4, 2024 · Quotes. He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. Boswell is pleasant and gay, For frolic by nature designed; He heedlessly rattles away. When company is to his mind. In a poem about himself, in "Biographic Sketches" in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Vol. IV (1836). p. 341.
My mind is weak but my soul is strong. Kindle that soul, and the sacred fire shall never be extinguished. James Boswell.
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