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Samuel Johnson, opsimath - by Henry Oliver

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Lazy, depressive, productive, late bloomer, Samuel Johnson is an example of the Fitzgerald Rule

Unlike a lot of self-made people, Samuel Johnson was lazy. He got up late and often stayed in bed until the afternoon. He never held down a real job. He thought the two best pleasures were 'fucking and drinking', which left him confused as to why more people weren’t drunk more often because they certainly weren't fucking enough. He had a terrible caffeine addiction and often drank tea late into the night, getting through pints of it every day. And yet, he was prodigious. As well as the famous dictionary he wrote poetry, biography, innumerable essays and reviews, a philosophical novella, a…

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