Samuel Johnson Quote

The act of writing itself distracts the thoughts, and what is read twice is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed.


No. 74 (September 15, 1759) - The Idler (1758–1760)


The act of writing itself distracts the thoughts, and what is read twice is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed.

The act of writing itself distracts the thoughts, and what is read twice is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed.

The act of writing itself distracts the thoughts, and what is read twice is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed.

The act of writing itself distracts the thoughts, and what is read twice is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed.