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Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it... Advanced art today is no longer a cause – it contains no moral imperative. There is no virtue in clinging to principles and standards, no vice in selling or in selling out.
Samuel Johnson
Born: September 18, 1709
Died: December 13, 1784 (aged 75)
Bio: Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.
Known for:
- The works of Samuel Johnson (1710)
- A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759)
- Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779)
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