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Quotes by Dr Samuel Johnson

'There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which, reproach, hatred and opposition are names of happiness.'

'It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at one end of the room, it will soon fall to the ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends.'

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

A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.

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