Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.[374:4]

Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. viii. Chap. v. 1784.

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You see they 'd have fitted him to a T.

Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. viii. Chap. ix. 1784.

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. viii. Chap. ix. 1784.

Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat.[375:1]

Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. viii. Chap. ix. 1784.

Blown about with every wind of criticism.[375:2]