Samuel Johnson quote: A man has no more right to say an uncivil...

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.

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James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.25

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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. - Samuel Johnson

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