There was none of the quiet insolence about this man.

“Because of the insolence of all the white race he was afraid to lose his dignity in friendliness.”

— Carson McCullers

The insolence of wealth will creep out

— Samuel Johnson

No man is nobler born than another, unless he is born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. They who make such a…

— Seneca the Younger

The axiom of conditioned repetition, like the binomial theorem, is nothing but a piece of insolence.

— Edward Abbey

Your sect [the Jews] by its sufferings has furnished a remarkable proof of the universal point of religious insolence, inherent in every sect, disclaimed…

— Thomas Jefferson

The imagination enlarges little objects so as to fill our souls with a fantastic estimate; and, with rash insolence, it belittles the great to…

— Blaise Pascal

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

— Rumi

If a man is respectful he will not be treated with insolence. If he is tolerant he will win the multitude. If he is…

— Confucius

Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.

— Elias Canetti

Wisdom and virtue are by no means sufficient, without the supplemental laws of good-breeding, to secure freedom from degenerating into rudeness, or self esteem…

— Samuel Johnson

Mistaking insolence for freedom has always been the hallmark of the slave.

— Wilhelm Reich

Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence. Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands with arms…

— Anonymous

Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and…

— Ammianus Marcellinus

The insolence of base minds in success is boundless; and would scarce admit of a comparison, did not they themselves furnish us with one…

— Laurence Sterne

And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

— John Milton