“Il tuo manoscritto è sia bello che originale, ma le parti belle non sono originali, e quelle originali non sono belle.”
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.
[Citazione errata] Questa citazione viene spesso attribuita a Johnson ma non trova alcun riscontro nelle opere o nelle lettere dello scrittore, né tanto meno nelle biografie di Johnson scritte dai suoi contemporanei.
Attribuite
Origine: Samuel Johnson did not say: "Your manuscript is both good and original. But the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good." http://www.samueljohnson.com/goodorig.html, Samuel Johnson.com.
Originale
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.
"Many people believe Samuel Johnson said it, but no one seems to have found it anywhere in his works or letters, or, for that matter any of the biographies of him by his contemporaries. I'm basing that on what's been included in Primary Source Media's CD-ROM of Johnson and Boswell. The CD-ROM includes all of Johnson's writings in the canon, Boswell's Life of Johnson and Tour of the Hebrides, as well as accounts from Hester Thrale, Sir John Hawkins, Fanny Burney, plus O.M. Brack's 'Early Biographies.' In short, practically nothing from the 18th Century has been left out. In addition, I've also consulted 'The Beauties of Johnson,' an 18th Century collection of Johnson quotations."
“Your manuscript is both good and original. …” http://www.samueljohnson.com/goodorig.html at The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page http://www.samueljohnson.com/ Retrieved 2013-07-07
Misattributed
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Fonte?
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Origine: Il malloppo, p. 24