Samuel Johnson Quote

Boswell: So, Sir, you laugh at schemes of political improvement.
Johnson: Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.

James Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) 26 October 1769

Boswell: So, Sir, you laugh at schemes of political improvement. Johnson: Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.

Boswell: So, Sir, you laugh at schemes of political improvement. Johnson: Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.

Boswell: So, Sir, you laugh at schemes of political improvement. Johnson: Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.

Boswell: So, Sir, you laugh at schemes of political improvement. Johnson: Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.