Samuel Johnson Quote

To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar


Rasselas; Prince of Abissinia: A Tale (ed. 1790)


To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar

To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar

To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar

To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar