#impertinence

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence. ↗

— Thomas W. Higginson

#away #breath #grammar #impertinence #lesson

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#i #impertinence #many #people #say

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#feel #help #hoping #i #impertinence

If you treat with courtesy your equal, who is privileged to resent an impertinence, how much more cautious should you be to your dependents, from whom you demand a respectful demeanor. ↗

— Robert Chambers

#courtesy #demand #demeanor #equal #how

It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. ↗

— Mark Twain

#because #call #dull #dumb #his