

“A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.”
― Works of Samuel Johnson. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, A Grammar of the English Tongue, Preface to Shakespeare, Lives of the English Poets & more [improved 11/20/2010]
― Works of Samuel Johnson. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, A Grammar of the English Tongue, Preface to Shakespeare, Lives of the English Poets & more [improved 11/20/2010]

“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”
― Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
― Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II

“I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.”
― Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
― Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
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