There was as great a difference between them as between a man who knew how a watch was made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the dial-plate.


James Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) Spring 1768

Samuel Johnson Quotes

There was as great a difference between them as between a man who knew how a watch was made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the...

There was as great a difference between them as between a man who knew how a watch was made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the...

There was as great a difference between them as between a man who knew how a watch was made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the...

There was as great a difference between them as between a man who knew how a watch was made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the...