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Insults Quotations Click  What I think is that the F-word is basically just a convenient nasty-sounding word that we tend to use when we would really like to come up with a terrifically witty insult, the kind Winston Churchill always came up with when enormous women asked him stupid questions at partiesBarry, Dave Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substanceBrown, Sam The Washington Post, January 26, 1977 Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offence cannot reach itDescartes, Rene To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.Durant, William James With Ariel Durant It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking.Epictetus Laughter should dimple the cheek, not furrow the brow. A jest should be such, that all shall be able to join in the laugh which it occasions; but if it bear hard upon one of the company, like the crack of a string, it makes a stop in the music.Feltham, Owen You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insultHall, Judge In the old days of barbarism, the people fought with hatchets. Civilized men buried the hatchet, and now fight with gossip.Howe, Edgar Watson Country Town Sayings, 1911 There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.Lewis, (Harry) Sinclair If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deservedLynes, Russell Even the most ignorant speak at least two languages, their native tongue and profane.Martino, Joseph P If you speak insults you will hear them also. [Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.]Plautus, Titus Maccius « Previous Page | Next Page » |
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