 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1889 - 460 pages
...Langton that Johnson said to him, Sir, 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...dear friend, Dr. Bathurst,' said he, with a warmth of appn.bation, ' declared he was glad that his father, who was a West India planter, had left his affairs... | |
 | Judson Perry Welsh - English language - 1889 - 292 pages
...analysis, and for examination tests: — 1. 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. 2. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to... | |
 | James Henry Potts - Philosophy and religion - 1889 - 806 pages
...Do not tell everything, but never lie. 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. No man speaks concerning another, even supposing it to be in his praise, if he thinks he does not hear... | |
 | James Boswell - English literature - 1890 - 568 pages
...that Johnson said to him, ' Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act or e ; ay." I mentioned a friend of mine who had resided long in Spain, and was unwilling West Indian planter, had left his affairs in total ruin, because having no estate he was not under... | |
 | Charles Northend - Maxims - 1890 - 224 pages
...gather them in. —«/. L. Kygleston. 5 213. 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. 8. Johnson. 214. Press on ! surmount the rocky steeps, Climb boldly o'er the torrent's... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1891 - 556 pages
...made his fortune. Slcelc. HAS NO LICENSE. 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. Johnson, RULERS. ADVICE то. He that would govern others, first should be The master of himself, richly... | |
 | Readers - 1892 - 216 pages
...tempers surely are the worst. — Cumberland. 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. — Johnson. He who is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else. — Franklin. All that... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Quotations, English - 1894 - 604 pages
...may empoison liking. — Shakespeare. 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. Johnson. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. — Shakespeare. It is safer to affront some people... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - Success - 1897 - 392 pages
...children. " Sir," exclaimed Dr. Johnson, " 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." Chesterfield does not exaggerate in saying that the art of pleasing is, in truth, the art of rising,... | |
 | New Thought - 1903 - 748 pages
...when he said, on this very subject: "Sir, 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 few injudicious words, a carping criticism, an impatient answer — these things cloud the soul... | |
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Sir, 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. 
