Samuel Johnson quote: What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to...

What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known.

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James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (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.134

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What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known. - Samuel Johnson

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