Samuel Johnson Quote

Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary.


Dr. Johnson's Table Talk (ed. 1798)


Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary.

Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary.

Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary.

Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary.