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Samuel Johnson Quotes about Design

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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Samuel Johnson (1803). “The History of Rasselas, Etc. [With a Life of Dr. Johnson.]”, p.71

Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections their author.

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Gilbert Wakefield (1806). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Verse and Prose: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton: Illustrations, and Critical and Explanatory Remarks, by Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers ... and Others; to which are Added, Now First Published, Some Original Letters, with Additional Observations, and Memoirs of the Life of the Author”, p.16

Much mischief is done in the world with very little interest or design.

Samuel Johnson (1977). “Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.235, Univ of California Press