...materially too. Dr. Johnson wrote: "Sir, a man 290 LKTTERS TO YOUNG MEN. has no more right to s<'j/ an uncivil thing than to act one — no more right...a rude thing, to another than to knock him down." When you see people neglect propriety in dress, show absence of cleanliness, or indulge in repulsive...

...dogmatic manner, when himself, he was courteous, and always tender-hearted. He asserted the principle, ' ' A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than act one, "and then to make it more forcible, added: "JVb more right h say a rude thing to another than...

...Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentleman. Do not tell everything, but never lie. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...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...

...There is- no one else who has the power to be so much your friend or so much your enemy as yourself. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. Johnson. What is it to be a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave,...

...the teacher will find material for additional lessons in analysis, and for examination tests: — 1. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...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...

...the teacher will find material for additional lessons in 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 tiling to another than to knock him down. — DK. JOHNSON. 2. Bead not to contradict and confute, nor...

...loiter, if Fame we would win ; They knock, and entreat us to gather them in. —«/. L. Kygleston. 5 213. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...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...

...you have said enough.' " "The late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Largton that Johnson said to him, ' Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act or e ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.'" ' ' My dear friend Dr....

...behaviour, full as innocent, might have preserved his friend, or made his fortune. Slcelc. HAS NO LICENSE. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than...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...

...bad things by which mankind are cursed, Their own bad tempers surely are the worst. — Cumberland. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...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...