"I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration, and all those arts by which a big book is made." Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides Continue reading Almanac: Dr. Johnson on Twitter at About Last Night.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM on February 4, 2020