Biography, Friendship, History, Literature

Happy Birthday, Dr. Johnson!

I don't know if I'd want to adjudicate a competition for "most quoted man in English literature" between William Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson, but I thought I'd celebrate the 314th anniversary of the great man's birth with a few of his bon-mots.  (Or should that be bons-mot?  There is a rule about such things, but… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Dr. Johnson!