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“ ”Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. It is assuming a superiority, and it is particularly wrong to question a man concerning himself. There may be parts of his former life he may not wish to be made known to other persons, or even brought to his own recollection.
About James Boswell
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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Additional quotes by James Boswell
We must take our friends as they are.
I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.
He made two or three peculiar observations; as when shewn the botanical garden, 'Is not EVERY garden a botanical garden?