And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. — John Milton Copy Share Image
The insolence of base minds in success is boundless; and would scarce admit of a comparison, did not they themselves furnish us… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very… — Ammianus Marcellinus Copy Share Image
Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence. Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mistaking insolence for freedom has always been the hallmark of the slave. — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
Wisdom and virtue are by no means sufficient, without the supplemental laws of good-breeding, to secure freedom from degenerating into rudeness, or… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
If a man is respectful he will not be treated with insolence. If he is tolerant he will win the multitude. If… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The imagination enlarges little objects so as to fill our souls with a fantastic estimate; and, with rash insolence, it belittles the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Your sect [the Jews] by its sufferings has furnished a remarkable proof of the universal point of religious insolence, inherent in every… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The axiom of conditioned repetition, like the binomial theorem, is nothing but a piece of insolence. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
No man is nobler born than another, unless he is born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. They who make… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Paris, hours in the café, a certain spirit of rebellion, one side a bit too stubborn, the sea, the true, in Bretagne,… — Clemence Poesy Copy Share Image
The lesson taught us by these kindly commentators on my present experience is that dogmatic faith compels the best minds and hearts… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
We prefer a person with vivacity and high spirits, though bordering upon insolence, to the timid and pusillanimous; we are fonder of… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Science tells us what we can know but what we can know is little and if we forget how much we cannot… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and insolence, if unpunished, increases! [Lat., Qui se laisse outrager, merite… — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image