#insult

Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress. ↗

— Judith Martin

#expecting #face #honesty #insulting #mean

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. ↗

— Moliere

#any #behavior #best #him #insults

Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to Paul Ryan, who did us the courtesy of scoring a budget. The president has to talk to Republicans when it comes to the debt ceiling. He has reached the debt ceiling before anyone expected. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#been #before #budget #ceiling #civil

Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not. ↗

— Daniel Pipes

#compromise #either #including #insult #retain

I elect to stay on the soil of which I was born and on the plot of ground which I have fairly bought and honestly paid for. Don't advise me to leave, and don't add insult to injury by telling me it's for my own good; of that I am to be the judge. ↗

— Robert Purvis

#advise #am #born #bought #elect

I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#funeral #funny #humor #funny

Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail. ↗

— Edouard Manet

#hail #insults #me #pouring #thick

Envy is an insult to oneself. ↗

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#insult #oneself

First you say I am a murderer - an agent in league against you - and now I am a deluded heartsick girl! Pray make up your mind so I can scoff at you with precision! ↗

— Gordon Dahlquist

#cheeky #insult #change

We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#compliments #insults #leave #prepared #us