“ Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor. ”
- Robert Anson Heinlein- Copy
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“ Being intelligent is not a felony, but most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor. ”
- Lazarus Long- Copy
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“ It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking. ”
- Epictetus- Copy
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“ Popularity is the only insult that has not yet been offered to Mr. Whistler. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both. ”
- Joseph Addison- Copy
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“ One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is to add to the offense. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
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“ I would like to take you seriously but to do so would affront your intelligence. ”
- William F. Buckley Jr.- Copy
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“ Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want? ”
- Mason Cooley- Copy
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“ Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river. ”
- Cordell Hull- Copy
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“ How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence? ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
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“ O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Reprimand not a child immediately on the offence. Wait till the irritation has been replaced by serenity. ”
- Moses Hasid- Copy
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“ An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
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“ I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop. ”
- James Thomson- Copy
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