Samuel Johnson quote: Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with...

Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients.

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James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished”, p.318

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