A couple of quotations I thought were from Samuel JOHNSON but weren't
I sent a link to pals of a song with a fantastic instrumental solo, which was all that made the song. But included the lyrics just for tying loose ends, saying that I hardly ever care about lyrics, quoting "What is too silly to be said is sung," which I thought was from Dr JOHNSON. Then it turned up being MISattributed to VOLTAIRE. *And* the bonus quote about sex, which I had also thought was from Dr J. turned out to be somebody else's!1
HE DIDN'T SAY THESE THINGS!1
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
.... ...poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
MISattributed to VOLTAIRE:
[font size=5]Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.[/font]
Who really said it: Pierre DE BEAUMARCHAIS, Le Barbier de Seville (1775), act II, scene I
[font size=5]Nowadays what isn't worth saying is sung (Aujourd'hui ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'etre dit, on le chante)[/font]
Who really said it: Earl of Chesterfield
[font size=5]Sex: The pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.[/font]
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