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Insults Quotes

Posted by Nabil Medawar in Miscellaneous Quotes, tags: Insult, insults

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