John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4006 Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4006 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) |
| QUOTATION: | A Poet, Naturalist, and Historian, Who left scarcely any style of writing untouched, And touched nothing that he did not adorn. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Epitaph on Goldsmith. |
| Note 1. Qui nullum fere scribendi genus Non tetigit, Nullum quod tetigit non ornavit. See Chesterfield, Quotation 12. [back] |