Famous Quotes | The most heterogeneous ideas are...

The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased. - Samuel Johnson
Attribution: Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British author, lexicographer. “Cowley,” Lives of the English Poets (1779-1781). On metaphysical poets.

Categories: Author, Lexicographer, Metaphysics

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