Insult/formal

Famous quotes containing the words insult and/or formal:

    “We should never stand upon ceremony with sincerity. We should never cheat and insult and banish one another by our meanness, if there were present the kernel of worth and friendliness. We should not meet thus in haste.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Then the justice,
    In fair round belly with good capon lined,
    With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
    Full of wise saws and modern instances;
    And so he plays his part.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)