A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.


Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged from mr. Boswell's life of Johnson (ed. 1807)

Samuel Johnson Quotes

A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.

A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.

A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.

A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.