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Letter "I" » insults
«Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.»
«Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.»
«There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble»
«This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence towards the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men; go freely with the powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and mothers, of families: read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life: re-examine all you have been told at school or church, or in any books, and dismiss whatever insults your soul.»
Author: Walt Whitman
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Poet)
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«Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone»
«It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.»
«A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.»
Author: Moliere
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Actor,
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Writer)
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Wisdom
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«Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.»
«The hundred point man is one who is true to every trust; who keeps his word; who is loyal to the firm that employs him; who does not listen for insults nor look for slights; who carries a civil tongue in his head; who is polite to strangers without b»
Author: Elbert Hubbard
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«The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.»