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• To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.

  Benjamin Tucker

  Men, Insult To Injury, Liberty

  Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1926). “Individual liberty: selections from the writings of Benjamin R. Tucker”

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• There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.

  John Bradford

  Grace, Sleazes, God Is Not Great

  "Problems in the Relations of God and Man" by Clement Charles Julian Webb, (p. 107), 1911.

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• I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Life, Death

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.61, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies I ever met.

  William Faulkner

  Art, History, Entertainment

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• A modest little person, with much to be modest about.

  Winston Churchill

  Life, Sarcastic, Humility

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• Your village just called. They're missing an idiot.

  Russell Lynes

  Wise, Missing, Village

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• He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.

  Forrest Tucker

  Sarcastic, Nature, Sarcasm

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• Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Sarcastic, Dog, Witty

  Twitter post from Jan 03, 2017

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  I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

  Clarence Darrow

  Life, Death, Sarcastic

  "The Story of My Life". Book by Clarence Darrow, 1932.

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• He has the attention span of a lightning bolt.

  Robert Redford

  Sarcastic, Personality, Lightning

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• If you took an IQ test, the results would be negative.

  Russell Lynes

  Wise, Negative, Would Be

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• If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

  Simon Cowell

  Sight, People, Singing

  "Reality Check: 'Bikini Girl' Brings Out the Fight in New 'Idol' Judge Kara DioGuardi" by Diane Macedo, www.foxnews.com. January 14, 2009.

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• Hi there, I'm a human being! What are you?

  Russell Lynes

  Wise, Humans, Human Beings

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• The man who offers an insult writes it in sand, but for the man who receives it, it's chiseled in bronze.

  Giovannino Guareschi

  Writing, Men, Offending

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• They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

  Thomas Reed

  Life, Sarcastic, Teaching

  "Political Insults: Cheap Shots or Do They Play an Important Role in American Politics?" by Rich Rubino, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2014.

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• How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!

  Honore de Balzac

  Envy, Emotion, Natural

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• I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

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• You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

  "Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 26, 2017.

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• When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for a moment encourage their own sons to enter the work of the public schools cease to tell us that education is the greatest and noblest of all human callings?

  William Bagley

  Education, Teacher, School

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• No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Sacred, Submit

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Torquato Tasso, III. 3. 191, 1922.

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• I assure you, you will never survive on your wits alone.

  LeBron James

  Wit

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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

  Respect, Men, Way

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.143

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• She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.

  Mae West

  Funny, Success, Girl

  I'm No Angel (motion picture) (1933)

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• I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.

  Billy Idol

  Love, Nice, Mean

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

  Epictetus

  Life, Philosophical, Insults You

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