Samuel Johnson Quotes about Silence
Samuel Johnson (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.”, p.499
Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence.
Samuel Johnson (1840). “The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...”, p.51
Samuel Johnson (1997). “The Sayings of Doctor Johnson”, p.10, Gerald Duckworth & Co
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.106
Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc”, p.405