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Insult |
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Quotations
 | Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. — Ricky Gervais, 1961-, British comedian & screenwriter 7 likes |
 | An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 6 likes |
 | It is in the very nature of the best sort of joke to be the worst sort of insult if it is not taken as a joke. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 6 likes |
 | I am never bored; to be bored is an insult to one's self. — Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer 6 likes |
 | Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong. — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 5 likes |
 | It's not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts. — E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, British writer 5 likes |
 | The critic insults the author: this is called criticism. The author insults the critic: this is called insult. — Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer 4 likes |
 | Write the insults on the sand, engrave the good they do to you on marble. — Pierre Claude Boiste, 1765-1824, French lexicographer 4 likes |
 | The most bitter insult one can offer to a Londoner is “bastard”, which, taken for what it means, is hardly an insult at all. — George Orwell, 1903-1950, British writer 3 likes |
 | He who is affected by an insult is infected by it. — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 3 likes |
 | What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
 | Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer. — Montesquieu, 1689-1755, French thinker 2 likes |
| Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 2 likes |
 | Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wildlife. |
 | It’s a fact that it is much more comfortable to be in the position of the person who has been offended than to be the unfortunate cause of it. |
 | The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts. |
| An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offense; a vain man, in order that it may. |
 | If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist |
 | Yes, I insulted him; but I wanted to fight with him, and when you want to fight with people you have to insult them. |
Ancient Greek
 | What is this word that broke through the fence of your teeth? Ποίον σε έπος φύγεν έρκος οδόντων; — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Iliad IV 6 likes |
 | It is your [secure] position, not you, that insults me. Ω ούτος, ού συ με λοιδορείς, αλλ᾿ ο τόπος. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | Run away from an insult but don’t chase after honor. 5 likes |
