James Boswell Quote Explained: Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials.

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When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.

Friendship

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I have seen many a bear led by a man: but I never before saw a man led by a bear.

Saws

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Influence must ever be in proportion to property; and it is right it should.

- James Boswell

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I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically.

- James Boswell

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It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

- James Boswell

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I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of that fragrant leaf than Johnson.

- James Boswell

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The man who stops making new friends eventually will have none.

- James Boswell

New Friends

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Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.

- James Boswell

Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials.

Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials.

When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.

I have seen many a bear led by a man: but I never before saw a man led by a bear.

Influence must ever be in proportion to property; and it is right it should.

I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of that fragrant leaf than Johnson.

The man who stops making new friends eventually will have none.

Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.

Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain

Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.

I love to travel, but when I really want to escape, I read a book.

That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain

Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials.

Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials.

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