It is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of. - Samuel Johnson

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It is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.

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About Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [7 September O.S.] – 13 December 1784) was a British author, linguist and lexicographer. He is often referred to as simply Dr. Johnson in the history of literature and is regarded as the greatest man of letters in English history.

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Alternative Names: Dr Johnson Dr. Johnson Great Moralist
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