“The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it. If you can't top it, laugh at it. If you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.”
J. Russell Lynes
“An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“"Pooh," said Rabbit kindly, "you haven't any brain." "I know," said Pooh humbly.”
Winnie the Pooh
“I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.”
Oscar Wilde
“I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.”
Billy Idol
“He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' - those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
Buddha
“To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.”
E. E. Cummings
