Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil, where he is known.


1773 - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919) - Life of Johnson (Boswell)

Samuel Johnson Quotes

Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil, where he is known.

Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil, where he is known.

Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil, where he is known.

Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil, where he is known.