A sheep in sheep’s clothing. (On Clement Attlee)
Insults Quotes
It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.
He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others.
When Mr. Wilbur calls his play “Halfway to Hell,” he underestimates the distance.
Mr. Atlee is a very modest man. Indeed, he has a lot to be modest about.
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
Her only flair is in her nostrils.
One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.
I remember, when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum’s Circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and montrosities; but the exhibit on the programme which I most desired to see was the one described as “The Boneless Wonder”. My parents judged that the spectacle would be too revolting and demoralizing for […]
It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking.
