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WRITERS > lexicographer, critic > Samuel Johnson
Hunger is never...
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Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.
Source: Rambler, no 193 (London, 21 Jan 1752; repr. in Works of Samuel Johnson, vol. 5; ed. by W. J. Bate & Albrecht B. Strauss, 1969).
-- 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.