Never lay yourself open to what is called conviction: you might as well open your waist-coat to receive a knock-down blow.


in The Examiner 6 March 1808 'Rules for the Conduct of Newspaper Editors'

Leigh Hunt Quotes

Never lay yourself open to what is called conviction: you might as well open your waist-coat to receive a knock-down blow.

Never lay yourself open to what is called conviction: you might as well open your waist-coat to receive a knock-down blow.

Never lay yourself open to what is called conviction: you might as well open your waist-coat to receive a knock-down blow.

Never lay yourself open to what is called conviction: you might as well open your waist-coat to receive a knock-down blow.