Samuel Johnson Quote

A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing but spires of temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence of splendour, grandeur and magnificence; but when we have passed the gates, we find it perplexed with narrow passages, disgraced with despicable cottages, embarrassed with obstructions, and clouded with smoke.

No. 14 (5 May 1750) - The Rambler (1750–1752)

A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see...

A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see...

A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see...

A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see...