(175 quotes found)
“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
“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.”
“It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it”
Seneca
“Only cowards insult dying majesty.”
Aesop
“Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.”
Dr. Haim Ginott
“He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' - those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
Buddha
“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.”
Moliere
“It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.”
Epictetus
“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