3 Samuel Johnson Quotes on Standards

Samuel Johnson quotes on standards

132. Shakspeare never has six lines together without a fault. Perhaps you may find seven: but this does not refute my general assertion.

196. It might as well be said, 'Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat.'

197. It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.