Wit is cultured insolence.

Talent is culture with insolence.

— Aristotle

Wit is educated insolence.

— Aristotle

We prefer a person with vivacity and high spirits, though bordering upon insolence, to the timid and pusillanimous; we are fonder of wit joined…

— William Hazlitt

Wit is well-bred insolence.

— Aristotle

“Alaska’s like two thousand miles away from anywhere cultured. No offense, Canada.”

— Meagan Macvie

On my parents scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered.

— Amos Oz

“Vanora rolled her eyes. “I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m the epitome of a cultured young woman.” “I’d believe that if…

— Rhiannon Frater

My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person.

— Kató Lomb

The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.

— Anton Chekhov

“and they were made of meat cultured on stretchy racks.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Zaid's finest moment, however, comes in his second paragraph, when he says that "the truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books…

— Nick Hornby

“To live with unforgiveness is to become a captive cultured citizen whose taxation is that of demonically ticketed torment.”

— Tracey Bond

It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological…

— Ashley Montagu

The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.

— Gabriel Zaid

Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

— Moliere