#insult

If a mark of affection can sometimes be taken for an insult, perhaps the gesture of love is not universal: it too must be translated from one language to another, must be learned. ↗

— Kim Thúy

#insult #language #love

[I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that a small dagger or knife point can pierce a great, bulging sack and that a small fly can attack a great lion and speedily put him to flight. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#beliefs #clichés #convictions #dignity #double-standards

He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool. ↗

— Brigham Young

#insult #rage #inspirational

I used to think the world was broken down by tribes,' I said. 'By Black and White. By Indian and White. But I know this isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes: the people who are assholes and the people who are not. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#insightful #inspirational #insult #humor

The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect. ↗

— Kresley Cole

#inspirational #insults #success #inspirational

Never insult anyone by accident. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#anyone #insult #never

Whatever insults my State insults me. ↗

— Preston Brooks

#me #state #whatever

I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner. ↗