- An army is driven back by courage and not by insults, however many.~ Ghanaian Proverb
- Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.~ Chinese Proverb
- An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.~ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
- An insult is but a short garment: it reveals the one who wears it.~ Arabian Proverb
- A stiff apology is a second insult. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Being bored is an insult to oneself.~ Jules Renard
- Deceive the rich and powerful, if you will, but don’t insult them.~ Japanese Proverb
- Do not insult the river god while crossing the river.~ Chinese Proverb
- Even rabbits insult a dead lion.~ Traditional Proverb
- He who insults another, digs two graves.~ Japanese Proverb
- He who puts up with insult invites injury.~ Jewish Proverb
- He who takes revenge for a small insult, will have a bigger one thrown at him.~ Chinese Proverb
- If you can’t ignore an insult, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh it off; and if you can’t laugh it off, it’s probably deserved.~ Russell Lynes
- If you want dinner, don’t insult the cook.~ Chinese Proverb
- Insults must be written in sand and compliments carved in stone.~ Arabian Proverb
- Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.~ Edwin P. Whipple
- It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
- Never insult an alligator until you’ve crossed the river.~ Cordell Hull
- Only one who can swallow an insult is a man.~ Chinese Proverb
- Oppression is more easily endured than insult.~ Junius
- Pornography is the attempt to insult sex, to do dirt on it.~ D. H. Lawrence
- There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.~ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
- The wise man forgets insults as the ungrateful forget benefits.~ Chinese Proverb
- Whoever does not respect you, insults you.~ Moroccan Proverb
- You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult.~ Judge Hall
Entries (RSS)