"Young people soon give, and forget insults, but old age is slow in both."

Addison, Joseph · Insults · 1 fans >>
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"By indignities men come to dignities."

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"I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present."

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"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance."

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"Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it."

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"Calumny is only the noise of madmen."

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"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."

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"Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble."

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"No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute."

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"You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult."

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