Samuel Johnson Quote

Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him.


Boswell's Life of Johnson (ed. 1799)


Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him.

Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him.

Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him.

Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him.