James Boswell: Short

James Boswell was Scottish lawyer, diarist and author. Explore interesting quotes on short.
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“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.”

October 26, 1769, p. 174
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II
Source: The Life of Samuel Johnson

“In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers.”

19 August 1773
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1785)