If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
- George WashingtonNever insult anyone by accident.
- Robert A. HeinleinI have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you`re twenty minutes.
- Oscar WildeA gentleman is one who never hurts anyone`s feelings unintentionally.
- Oscar WildeA 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.
- G.K. ChestertonInsults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone
- Arab ProverbIf 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.
- J. Russell LynesA wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
- MoliereReligion and atheism will both survive it (the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber).
- Stanley KauffmannThe way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.
- William Hazlitt