Samuel Johnson


"We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us."

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it."

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."



Books about Johnson:

Samuel Johnson: The Major Works by Donald Greene
The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
Samuel Johnson's Insults : A Compendium of Snubs, Sneers, Slights and Effronteries from the Eighteenth-Century Master by Jack Lynch
Samuel Johnson by Walter Jackson Bate
Samuel Johnson in the Medical World : The Doctor and the Patient by John Wiltshire



Recipes from Johnson's time (same English food as Blake):

Earl Grey Tea
Earl Grey Tea Cookies
Crown Roast of Lamb
Eccles Cake
Hasty Pudding
Mincemeat
Syllabub
Trifle



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