...vanity that would rather lose a friend than a joke. On this point Dr. Johnson once remarked : ' Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.' The vain egotism that disregards others is shewn in various unpolite ways ; as, for instance, by neglect...

...ordinary minds by experience ; the stupid by necessity ; and brutes by instinct. — Cicero. 16. A man has no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. — Johnson. 17. The short convulsions and stillness that sucLESSON XV. 1. From labor health ; from...

...over * It is not a little odd to find among Johnson's sayings : "Sir, a man has no more right to toy an uncivil thing than to act one ; no more right to...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down." the formal, priggish periods of Hawkins, could not be provoked from us but by one whom we love. Posterity...

...moralist, Dr. Johnson, whose precept upon this point is, I fear, better than his example, declares that "A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rud thing to another than to knock him down." Sidney Smith, the witty Edinburg Reviewer and Parson,...

...moralist, Dr. Johnson, whose precept upon this point is, I fear, better than his example, declares that "A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rud thing to another than to knock him down." Sidney Smith, the witty Edinburg Reviewer and Parson,...

...of 1 According to Dr. Johnson — who did not always practise what he preached — "A man . . . has no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down." place. Equally out of place is mere politeness. But through God's blessing Christian courtesy may be...

...while the bosom is unwarmed by a single spark of genuine kindness and good will. WASHINGTON IRVING. U DR. S. JOHNSON. Foppery is never cured : once a coxcomb, and always a coxcomb. DR. S. JOHNSON. Some...

...is given grudgingly in closely calculated return for the fixed wage. "Sir," exclaimed Dr. Johnson, " a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down." The axiom is not the less valuable because it was so often neglected by him who enunciated it. And...

...long since, as good as renounced it." Samuel Johnson in his rough, strong way puts it forcibly : — " A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down." But the sullenness which shows itself by looks is as bad as the hot temper which finds expression in...

...fetch some trifling article that his sister requires, is simply selfish. Said Dr. Johnson : — " Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down." In fact, some words are worse than blows ! An admirable instance of unselfishness is related of Sir...