Samuel Johnson on:


   `history'

   "Motives are generally unknown - We cannot trust to the characters we find in history"

   Boswell 1769 vol ii p79                        

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   `lawyers, barristers, attorneys'

   Asked for his definition of a lawyer Johnson replied "A man who will lie for a shilling"
   [5 pence/10 cents]

   "I do not wish to speak ill of a man behind his back - " when asked what profession
   a Mr Smith had - " - but I think Mr Smith is an attorney"

   Boswell's "Life of Johnson"  

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