Late Samuel Johnson

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    Patron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    The fire I praise was once perduring flame
    Till it snuffs with our generation out;
    No matter, it’s all one, it’s but a name
    Not as late honeysuckle half so stout....
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
    —Anonymous. quoted in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Feb. 1776 (1791)

    I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would have something that can dissipate the vis inertiae and give elasticity to the muscles.... We can heat the body, we can cool it; we can give it tension or relaxation; and surely it is possible to bring it into a state in which rising from bed will not be a pain.
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)