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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

4006 Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4006
AUTHOR:Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
QUOTATION:A Poet, Naturalist, and Historian,
Who left scarcely any style of writing untouched,
And touched nothing that he did not adorn. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Epitaph on Goldsmith.
 
Note 1.
Qui nullum fere scribendi genus
Non tetigit,
Nullum quod tetigit non ornavit.

See Chesterfield, Quotation 12. [back]