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.”

James Boswell book The Life of Samuel Johnson

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

“[…] for the Doctor observed, that no man takes upon himself small blemishes without supposing that great abilities are attributed to him; and that, in short, this affectation of candour or modesty was but another kind of indirect self-praise, and had its foundation in vanity.”

James Boswell book The Life of Samuel Johnson

30 November 1784
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791)

“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)