Samuel Johnson Quote

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and that as some bodies, indissoluble by heat, can set the furnace and crucible at defiance, there are min


The Rambler: In Four Volumes (ed. 1761)


I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and...