He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and insolence, if unpunished, goes on increasing.
—Pierre Corneille
Showing posts with label insults. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insults. Show all posts
Thursday, July 05, 2018
Friday, September 16, 2016
Post #2165
The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.
—William Hazlitt
—William Hazlitt
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Post #2164
Injuries accompanied with insults are never forgiven: all men, on these occasions, are good haters, and lay out their revenge at compound interest.
—Charles Caleb Colton
—Charles Caleb Colton
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Post #1233
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Post #572
To persevere in one's duty and be silent, is the best answer to calumny.
—George Washington
—George Washington
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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