Insults

Famous quotes containing the word insults:

“Women receive
the insults of men
with tolerance,
having been bitten
in the nipple
by their toothless gums.”
—Dilys Laing (1906–1960)

“Nature will not be Buddhist: she resents generalizing, and insults the philosopher in every moment with a million fresh particulars.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“A potent quack, long versed in human ills,
Who first insults the victim whom he kills;
Whose murd’rous hand a drowsy bench protect,
And whose most tender mercy is neglect.”
—George Crabbe (1754–1832)