#insult

If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#insult #insult

Salt. Wound. Together at last. ↗

— Maureen Johnson

#insult

Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#poetry #insult

Mousedung! ↗

— Erin Hunter

#insults #put-downs #insult

I bet his mother was a wyvern. -Scamp ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#insult

My Lord, I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offense against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fir which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornement for a human face. Is it possible that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat? -Mandorallen ↗

— David Eddings

#the-belgariad #insult

Leo: “I can’t believe I thought you were hot.” Khione’s face turned red. “Hot? You dare insult me? I am cold, Leo Valdez. Very, very cold. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#lost-hero #insult

I don't want to see you. I don't like you. I don't like your face. You look like an insufferable egotist. You're impertinent. You're too sure of yourself. Twenty years ago I would have punched your face with the greatest of pleasure. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#ego #insulting #old-man #punch #ego

If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon. ↗

— Johannes Brahms

#beg #here #his #i #insulted

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#nature