#impudence

I don't say tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. ↗

— Mary Wortley

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I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money. ↗

— Josh Billings

#folks #got #haven #i #impudence

Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. ↗

— Euripides

#human #impudence #worst

I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

#greatest #i #impossible #impudence #impudent

It may be a species of impudence to think that the way you understand God is the way God is. (60). ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#god #hubris #impudence #understanding #art

I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#imogen-herondale #impudence #jace-wayland #obedience #rebelliousness

the old maxim... "there are three things necessary to success in life--Impudence! Impudence! Impudence! ↗

— William Hazlitt

#life #success #life

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence. ↗

— John Dryden

#impudence #knaves #men

A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#battle

Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#impudence #sarcasm #smartass #humor