The best good man, with the worst natur'd muse. - James Boswell

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The best good man, with the worst natur'd muse.

James Boswell

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James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (29 October 1740 – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh. He is best remembered for his biography of the English literary figure Samuel Johnson, one of contemporaries, which the modern Johnsonian critic Harold Bloom claimed is the greatest biography written in the English language.

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Also Known As: Bozzy

Alternative Names: James Boswell I • James, I Boswell

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The value of every story depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of an individual or of human nature in general: if it be false, it is a picture of nothing.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Nay, Sir, it was not the WINE that made your head ache, but the SENSE that I put into it'
'What, Sir! will sense make the head ache?'
'Yes, Sir, (with a smile,) when it is not used to it.

The best good man, with the worst natur'd muse. - James Boswell

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