Insults

"If you get your head above the crowd, you're going to be criticized. So get used to the idea."

"When I hear somebody cussing me now, I never turn my head to see who is talking."

"We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone."

"If he has deserved no kindness, but just the opposite, because he has maddened you with his injuries and insults, even this is no reason why you should not surround him with your affection and show him all sorts of favors."

"mere insult or affront to plaintiff's dignity not qualifying as defamatory"

"Many people get a sense of savage satisfaction out of denouncing those who are better educated than they are or more successful."

"I discovered years ago that although I couldn't keep people from criticizing me unjustly, I could do something infinitely more important: I could determine whether I would let the unjust condemnation disturb me."

"I am the insulted one, therefore I have the choice of weapons. I choose the sword."

"Why tarry ye, then, to repair so many wrongs, to avenge so many insults?"

"I must bear with their violence and outrageous insults and villanous misdeeds; but, please God, they will get weak and old whilst I shall grow in strength and power, and shall be, in my turn, avenged according to my desire."

"No one ever kicks a dead dog."

"τίς ὸμφαλητόμος σε τὸν διοπλῆγα ἔψησε κἀπέλουσεν ἀσκαρίζοντα"

"Hear me, you who know what is right,"

"If they persecuted me, they will persecute you."

"Sticks and stones may break my bones But words will never hurt me."

"The truncheon leant back against the chimney, and took no notice of the personal insult, like a well-trained policeman as it was, though he was ready enough to avenge any transgression against morality or order."

"If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how — the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference."

"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

"If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also;"

"To practice patience, you need a real rascal to help you. It's no use practicing on gentle and kind creatures, for they require no patience."

"When he was abused, he did not return abuse."

"There is something liberating about public humiliation."

"Those who hate to be rebuked are stupid . . . The prudent ignore an insult."

"You may kick me and abuse me provided you will let me have my own way."

"Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them."

"Never be bothered by what people say, as long as you know in your heart you are right."

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."

"Difficult people and events become interesting opportunities for further growth, rather than threatening obstacle courses we must endure."

"Let him alone and let him curse; for the Lord has bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look on my distress, and the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today."

"Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men."

"'Tis the first art of kings, the power to suffer hate."

"No one knows public humiliation like a comedian."

"He hurled his insult. He laid his curse. A curse which is reciprocated will be retaliated against with yet another curse. It is an insult resulting from an insult. It is a curse resulting from a curse. It is the constant renewal of destiny. To accept a verdict is possible. To accept a curse is impossible."

"He who insults is insulted. He who sneers is sneered at."

"Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; . . . let us test him with insult and torture, so that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance."

"Nothing matters to a man who says nothing matters."

"Qui se laisse outrager, mérite qu'on l'outrage Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage."

"Kein Heiligthum heisst uns den Schimpf ertragen."

"Quid facies tibi, Injuriæ qui addideris contumeliam?"

"Contumeliam si dices, audies."

"Sæpe satius fuit dissimulare quam ulcisci."