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WRITERS > lexicographer, critic > Samuel Johnson
The blaze of...
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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed.
Source: Letter, 1 May 1780, to Hester Thrale. Quoted in: James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791).
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.