"The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on Vulgarity
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"Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste."

Connolly, Cyril on Vulgarity
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"It's only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement, only out of bawdy that you can get tenderness."

Durrell, Lawrence on Vulgarity
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"Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something."

Forster, Edward M. on Vulgarity
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"It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon."

James, Alice on Vulgarity
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"A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common"

Nazlitt, William on Vulgarity
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"To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor."

Pope, Alexander on Vulgarity
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"Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar."

Proverb, Greek on Vulgarity
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"The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him."

Ruskin, John on Vulgarity
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"By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else."

Schechter, Solomon on Vulgarity
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"Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness."

Sitwell, Dame Edith on Vulgarity
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"There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined."

Twain, Mark on Vulgarity
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"Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy."

Unknown, Source on Vulgarity
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"Whatever harsh criticisms may be passed on the construction of her sentences, she at least possesses that one touch of vulgarity that makes the whole world kin."

Wilde, Oscar on Vulgarity
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"Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people."

Wilde, Oscar on Vulgarity
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"Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people."

Wilde, Oscar on Vulgarity
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"Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun."

Willis, Nathaniel P. on Vulgarity
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