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He [the poet] must write as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind.
He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others.
He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
He left the name, at which the world grew pale,
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.
He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.
He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
He that would pass the latter part of life with honour and decency must, when he is young, consider that he shall one day be old; and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young.
He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great.
He who praises everybody praises nobody.
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Samuel Johnson (18 de setembro de 1709 - 13 de dezembro de 1784) foi um escritor inglês que se tornou um dos mais célebres intelectuais do seu tempo. Nascido em Lichfield, Staffordshire, lutou com problemas de saúde e financeiros durante grande parte da sua vida. A sua obra mais influente, 'A Dictionary of the English Language' (1755), foi um marco na lexicografia inglesa, definindo o vocabulário e a ortografia da língua. Johnson também produziu ensaios perspicazes, sermões, poemas e biografias, incluindo 'Lives of the Poets'. Foi uma figura central nos círculos literários de Londres, conhecido pela sua inteligência aguçada, conversação brilhante e opiniões firmes. A sua vida e obra foram imortalizadas na 'Life of Samuel Johnson' de James Boswell, uma das biografias mais importantes da literatura inglesa.