James Boswell Quote

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.


Comment on Samuel Johnson's treatment of Thomas Sheridan (16 October 1769) - The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791)


He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.