Quote of the Day: Samuel Johnson

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

Tediousness is the most fatal of all faults.

It will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labor.

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, and familiar things new.

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.