Well I see it in a book by Sir William Temple, but other sources (on the internet, but not Wiki) are saying Thomas Fuller. It's a memorable quote. Sir William Temple's "Upon the Gardens of Epicurus" was written in 1685.
2007-03-25 09:46:49 · 3 answers · asked by Mark B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Samuel Johnson wasn't born in 1685, so it can't have originated with him.
2007-03-26 05:35:23 · update #1
That quote is from Samuel Johnson, the great English poet, essayist, biographer and literary critic.
2007-03-25 09:52:08 · answer #1 · answered by pumker99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Samuel Johnson
2007-03-25 16:53:15 · answer #2 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Samuel Johnson ... but it actually begins as ...
"Man alone is born crying ...."
I think those extra two words add a great deal to the meaning of the quote.
"A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything" also from Samuel Johnson
2007-03-25 16:55:49 · answer #3 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋